Brown and White Vol. 42 no. 6

              board of governors plans fund campaign alumni council will use mon ey to pay library debt the board of governors of the alumni council resolved that sub committees in the key cities are to direct the annual alumni fund campaign at a fall dinner at the hotel bethlehem last friday these small groups will person ally canvass the alumni in their dis tricts states j w maxwell assis tant editor of the alumni bulletin a e buchanan executive secre tary of the alumni association will appoint the committees the funds raised will be used for the reduction of the indebtedness for the new addition of linderman memorial library the alumni pledged 600,000 toward the build ing at the time of its erection all but a small part of that sum has now been paid off affirms buch anan e f johnson 07 detroit chair man of the alumni council presid ed at the meeting others present include edwin a quier 91 sam uel p felix 03 alfred e for stall,'2l john w eckert 78 com missioner william wirt mills 87 aubrey weymouth 94 william e dickerman 96 robert farnham 99 george a home 99 frank p simm 04 morton sultzer 12 j arthur frick 03 alan c dodson 00 r clark hutchinson 04 w r okeson 95 r s taylor sr 95 and a e buchanan jr 18 copley talks on lubrication i e society plans to go national commit tee on laws formed pennsylvania crude oils gained their reputation as a result of the fine quality of oil found in the first sources discovered in this state state near bradford said c j cop ley socony vacuum oil company in a lecture before the industrial engineering society last night in packard laboratory plans were discussed during the business meeting to make the i e society a national organization with the original chapter at lehigh w h mac donald jr i e 35 pres ident of the society appointed the vice president to head a committee to draw up a constitution and rit ual for a national honorary indus trial engineering society the theory of lubrication was the subject of the illustrated lec ture given by copley he discussed the history of lubrication and types compounding refining and selec tion of oils only since 1860 has use been made of the heavy and lubricating oils remaining after the volatile kerosene had been distilled off the many processes necessary in the refining of lubricating oils were pictured in a reel from the socony company showing old and new dis tillation towers and the many ex acting stages in the processes compounding and selection of oils calls for intelligent applica tion declared mr copley much of today's work is done alpng the line of selecting and compounding special types of lubricants for indi vidual cases a saving of 11 per cent in power to a large n # ew york company in the operation of its ele vators by the use of a different type of oil was cited as an example of practical selection starts rehearsals bach choir begins practice le high men take part the bach choir opened its re hearsals for the year thursday morning in the chapel of the mora vian seminary and college for wo men the following were among the 215 singers who attended states t edgar shields director of music and organist of the choir harold e towne arts 36 lawrence j osterhoudt c e 36 richard j degray instructor in chemistry arthur w klein professor of me chanical engineering and milton c stuart professor of mechanical en gineering rehearsals will be held regularly on thursday evening at 7:30 di rector bruce carey announced be ginning monday oct 22 additional rehearsal will be held every mon day at the same time are invited to attend ball oct 20 in dr6wn hall heads of the engineering depart ments have been invited as guests to the first annual engineers ball which will take place saturday eve ning oct 20 in drown hall chaperons for the dance are prof and mrs a w luce and mr and mrs w h formals tickets for the dance which is to be informal can be obtained from the lehigh union office in drown hall and from the presidents of the engineering course societies the number of tickets is limited t t holme m e 35 head of the dance committee announces tick ets cost 1.10 per couple any profits from the dance will be used to pay off bonds issued for the establishment of the engineer ing room in packard laboratory though the room was founded by eta kappa nu honorary electrical engineering society and pi tau sigma honorary mechanical engin eering society the place is open at all times to students both floors of drown hall will be decorated and used for ¦ dancing harry johns orchestra which has played at princeton yale and notre dame has been engaged by the committee the dance committee feels that the dance will be more of a success if the attendance is limited arts and business men are invited test machine ready to use mustard and cheese to give journey's end mustard and cheese dramatic society has chosen journey's end for its first play this season states f j snyder publicity man ager considering the exceptional dra matic ability necessary for the pre sentation of this well-known war story a great deal of difficulty is expected in the choice of a suitable cast snyder says the cast will be all male the executive council has decid ed to hold preliminary tryouts in drown hall from 4 to 6 p m fri day in preparation for the play's opening early in december the club is also considering pro ducing a light musical comedy of local origin and it would be inter ested in any music written by le high men suitable for such a pro duction material showld be given to robert farnum president e.a grissinger dies monday graduate of class of 94 aided in organization of brown and white elwood a grissinger first bus iness manager of the brown and white and one of the founders of the paper died of a heart attack monday at the home of his sister mrs g webber barnes at pitts burgh grissinger who received his elec trical engineering degree in 1894 was an authority on telephony and chamber of commerce sponsors demonstra tions in packard lab larkin is chairman degray knutson hibshman aid in program preparation modern methods of fire fighting and prevention as well as an ex planation of the nature of fire were explained to the public tuesday and wednesday in packard labora tory the demonstrations and lec tures were under the auspices of the fire prevention committee of the chamber of commerce fred v larkin head of the mechanical and industrial engineering departments was chairman of the committee the complete program was pre sented four different times tues day noon the service clubs of beth lehem held a luncheon in the pack ard laboratory and viewed the exhibits tuesday evening the dem onstrations were open to the pub lic but especially to the parent teacher associations wednesday afternoon the high school students visited the laboratory and wed nesday evening the general public was again invited miller demonstrates in the electrical laboratory there were commercial exhibits of fire fighting apparatus and of safety de vices loaned by the fire fighting di vision of the bethlehem steel com pany archie r miller assistant professor of electrical engineering also demonstrated the advantages of lightning rod protection a mod el became ignited when struck by a high tension spark when the model was protected by a miniature lightning rod no conflagration re sulted the chemical demonstrations in cluded the spontaneous combustion of waste materials and dusts such as flour the accidental firing of leaves an exhibition of flame speeds an analysis of gases for combustible matter and an exper iment showing the dangers involved in cleaning fabrics particularly smk with gasoline old engine displayed the oldest water pipe and the oldest fire engine in the country were exhibited they were first used in bethlehem many years ago professor hibshman and henjry c i knutson instructor in elec trical engineering were assisted by watson ambruster i e 35 and charles a rosencrans graduate student in electrical engineering in a series of demonstrations show ing the adaptability of the electric eye to fire detection c i bigelow ch e 35 and russel h bentz ch e 36 assist ed r j degray in the chemical ex periments the details of setting up the exhibits were handled by the industrial engineering classes while the actual pipe connections and other mechanical operations were handled by serb workers merriam gets job as assistant editor starts dramatics work for washington times william r merriam b a 33 journalism major last week started work as assistant dramatic editor of the washington d c times prior to his connection with the washington newspaper merriam had been employed for several months in the office of the farm credit bureau merriam is the second isehigh journalism major to secure a news paper position in washington the other is frederick h morehart 31 who has for three years been a member of the washington bureau of the indianapolis news and is a member of the press galleries of both the house of representatives and the senate in the fiejd of journalism mer riam served for three years on the brown and white acted for one semester as sports editor of the pa per and was in addition on the newspaper's editorial staff aside from his work on the brown and white merriam was a member of the burr's business staff and was elected to pi delta epsilon hon orary journalistic fraternity while at lehigh merriam was prominent in sports as well as in journalism he was a member of the track team for three years the cross country team for two years and was in the brown key society of assistant managers engineer for socony oil company describes gasoline research at meeting of chemicals society sets friday dec 14 as date of christmas party gasoline when first marketed was sold only on the basis of its specific gravity dr c h schles man 22 automotive research en gineer for the socony oil company told the students chemical society last evening in packard laboratory the title of his lecture was gas oline north south east and west today he continued not only the specific gravity enters into a sale but also the sulfur content odor color gum content rate of oxidiz ation and a report of distillation tests distillation tests schlesman stated are of primary importance as they are a positive indication of the behavior that may be expected on road tests ullmann presents speaker george a horlacher ch e 35 president of the society introduced dr h m ullmann head of the department of chemistry and chem ical engineering dr ullmann spoke briefly to the new members of the importance of becoming acquainted with each other and the other mem bers dr ullmann then introduced the speaker dr c h schlesman dr schlesman stated that the gasoline industry was directly re sponsible for more research work than any other commercial enter prise in the country he also bore out the statement made by dr ull mann concerning the great desira bility of friendliness among co workers in his discussion of gasoline test ing methods dr schlesman divided distillation tests into two kinds the first is the ordinary distilla tion test made under normal con ditions and with standard labora tory equipment the second type is run at extremely low temperatures and under greatly reduced pres sure tetra-ethyl discussed the effect of the addition of lead tetra-ethyl to gasoline was discuss ed schlesman stated that the con centration of lead was so small that chemical tests failed to reveal the difference between two gasolines containing varying lead salts when the treated gasolines are placed in an engine however the difference is quickly noted dr schlesman was graduated from lehigh in chemical engineer ing in 22 and received his doctor's degree in chemical engineering from johns hopkins university in 25 he was formerly a research chemist for the standard oil company of new york he also worked for the at lantic refining company before ac cepting his present position nine members join university women new yorker describes construction of tunnel under hudson river to relieve congestion government will finance project through rfc pwa the problems of design and con struction involved in the building of the new midtown hudson tun nel were explained to 100 members of the american society of civil engineers last night by r f schaeffer assistant engineer of the port of new york authority though the port authority com mission had originally planned a double tunnel only a single connec tion will be made since the rfc and pwa approved loans amount ing to only 37;s00,000 schaeffer told the assembly estimates place traffic between new york and new jersey as be ing 50 million automobiles a year schaeffer declared in 1927 with the completion of the holland tunnel traffic proportions reached the to tal of 12 million automobiles an nually in 1921 21 million cars passed between the battery and tarrytown with tne opening of george washington bridge in 1931 traffic reached the all-time high of 30 million automobiles congestion relieved by constructing this new tunnel congestion will be relieved between 39th street new york and wee hawkin new jersey stated schaef fer construction of the tunnel will closely resemble the holland tun nel in appearance and method of construction the outer covering will be of cast iron and steel and the inner lining of concrete the cast iron segments weighing 3,000 pounds are now being prepared at the bethlehem steel works the tube will have a diameter of 31 feet vehicular connection between the states of new jersey and new york were first discussed in 1907 at that time bridges had spanned the east river for 25 years but it remained for the holland tunnel to be con structed in 1927 before transporta tion facilities across the hudson river was furnished excepting the ferry service commission changed in 1921 congress organized the port authority for the construction of the holland tunnel the commis sion now controls 197,000,000 worth of transportation facilities in the new york area among which are the george washington bridge and three bridges from staten island to the mainland besides the major problem of construction mr schaeffer spoke about the traffic problems within the tube ventilation systems approach es and plazas to the tunnel and geological foramations in the vicin ity lantern slides were used to il lustrate the points no parking but trustees defy regula tions ; officer stumped an expensive car containing two prominent members of the board of trustees was seen to enter the cam pus drive saturday morning and to park in the forbidden area in the front of the chapel a few seconds later a campus cop whirled up and stopped you can't park here gentlemen university regulations you know there was a faint protest from the men but the officer was obdur ate i guess i'll have to give you fellows a ticket unless you move right away all right replied one of the men holding out his hand give us the ticket now before we go to the game thereupon they walked off leav ing their car parked connelly designs appar atus to investigate per formance of bearings john r connelly instructor of mechanical engineering is investi gating in packard laboratory the performance of bearing metals by a machine which he designed last year the machine the largest of its kind in the world can record the metal test to an accuracy of 1/100,000 of an inch the apparatus is so equipped that the bearing metals may be tested in natural conditions that is by immersion in various grades of oil without alter ing the accuracy a specially con structed camera records at the same time the mosaic structure of the metal mr clewell chief mechanician of the laboratory constructed the parts from armor plate and scrap meta 1 found on the university grounds he began the construction work last spring and finished it this fall only two parts were purchased for the machine a set of ball bear ings and a motor this proves that all research apparatus is not expen sive mr connelly states he expects to make tests upon the metals in several weeks and will also give a demonstration of the machine to students the new method for testing bear ing metals was submitted by mr connelly last december at the an nual meeting of the iron and steel section of the a s m e it was immediately accepted numerous descriptive articles on the research work have been published in iron age a national publication professor f v larkin director of the curricula of mechanical and industrial engineering states that mr connelly's research work is causing world wide interest 90 per cent pass frosh make best hygiene average in years the best showing by a freshman class for years was made by the class of 38 in the freshman hy giene course announces sj thom as professor of bacteriology ap proximately 90 per cent of the class passed in past years 15 to 20 per cent have flunked the final results of the freshman hygiene final have been posted in williams hall out of 411 men registered 406 took the final of these 369 passed and 37 failed the men who failed the course will take re-exams during the examination period at the end of the semester dr s j thomas said the results this year showed the best effort as a group of any in the past the fail ures were not low failures he said most of them were e's professor thomas added that in discussing the final before its presentation the faculty agreed that it was a difficult quiz e d tidd k s putnam appointed attendants to supervise playing of phonograph music schedule may be changed to meet students requests a tentative list of regulations for the use and enjoyment of the new carnegie music set has been an nounced by leßoy o travis pres ident of the lehigh union to be ef fective immediately these rules are subject to change at any time in order to conform more closely to the needs and desires of the stu dent body declares travis with this announcement comes the appointment of elbert d tidd arts 37 and kent s putnam arts 35 employed as attendants by the serb to a regular schedule of hours during which they will be at hand to operate the capehart in strument present plans call for aft ernoon and evening periods at the following time sunday 3-5 p m and 7-9:30 p.m monday 1-3 p m wednesday 7-9:30 p m thursday 7-9:30 p.m friday 7-10:30 p m and saturday 2-5:30 p m schedule not permanent this is not necessarily a perman ent schedule travis states but will be modified so that the greatest number of students may take ad vantage of a new cultural oppor tunity the union also plans to post a list of certified and competent op erators in the arcadia room when a number of students have demon strated ability to use the machine properly and are of known personal integrity these men will be priv ileged to use the apparatus in the absence of the attendants _ tidd and putnam plan to draw up a complete set of instructions to be posted in the arcadia room covering the proper use of the set every student operator is advised to become thoroughly conversant with this material since he will be personally responsible for any dam age occurring to the phonograph or records while in his hands records to remain all records will remain in the office unless the approval of the faculty committee is given states travis selections from the best known works of wagner will feature the third sunday evening phonograph concert in drown hall the pro gram will begin at 7 p m in the arcadia room under the direction of elbert d tidd arts 37 who is employed by the serb tidd will give a brief resume of the background and significance of each number before it is played in order td make the carnegie gift of the greatest usefulness to the com munity the lehigh union has an nounced that these concerts will not be restricted to lehigh students and members of the faculty but air in terested are invited to attend the complete program for sun day evening follows wagner overture and venusberg music from tannhauser wagner siegfried idyll wagner....ride of the valkyrie and finale from the valkyrie wagner der liebstod from tristan and isolde wagner finale from die gotterdammerung coming events friday oct 12 7:30 p rxk meeting of the interna tional relations club room 501 251 packard laboratory saturday oct 13 2:30 p m allentown prep-junior varsity football game upper field sunday oct 14 7-9:30 p m phonograph concert arcadia room drown hall monday oct 15 4 p m meeting of engineer coun cil faculty room memorial build ing 6 p.m meeting of the cosmos club arcadia room drown hall 12 m arcadia meets to have pic ture taken steps of memorial building ellwood a grissinger maintained laboratories at buffalo about 1910 he perfected a relay repeater which according to the story of electricity made it pos sible to sustain sound waves over long distances this improvement increased the use of the telephone for long-distance communication and for his work in this field he was awarded an honorary degree of master of science by lehigh in 1916 always active in the affairs of his class he returned to bethlehem in june to attend its fortieth anniver sary he had been secretary of the class in his freshman and sopho more years and vice president in his junior year as a prominent senior who had had experience in publication work he had been a member of the 94 epitome board and the board of the quarterly a literary publication grissinger joined the small group which in january 1894 put out the first edition of the brown and white he served as business man ager and is the second man who has held that office to die forty-two former business managers are liv ing as is william c anderson of hawley the first editor in chief grissinger was one of the found ers of the supply bureau which formerly was a student enterprise and was president of the organiza tion in his senior year he was a member of tau beta pi president of the electrical engineering so ciety in 1893-94 and commence ment orator glace addresses conference kenneth w glace chem 31 addressed the sophomore confer ence group in chemical engineering tuesday morning he spoke on silk processing glace is connected with the laros silk company he re ceived his master's degree in chem istry at lehigh inm932 annual reception will be oct 1 6 in drown hall nine women will be received by the university woman's club at the annual reception for new members on tuesday oct 16 from 4 to 6 p m in drown hall the new wo men are mrs w.h congdon mrs d h lehmer mrs g harmeson mrs h c knutson mrs h b osborn mrs e k smiley mrs m westerman mrs p r calvert mrs c gale all members of the faculty in cluding fellows and assistants are invited to attend this meeting the officers of the club for the coming year are mrs h a ne ville president mrs c a shook vice president mrs r m fraser corresponding secretary mrs d h gramley recording secretary and mrs b h jennings treasurer the committee in charge of the reception is mrs s s seyfert chairman mrs m e kanaly vice chairman miss caroline beck mrs j a brodhead mrs s m brown mrs a e buchanan mrs e.'eck feldt mrs j l graham mrs h f hoffman mrs h c knutson mrs a w litzenberger mrs c m mcconn mrs a r miller mrs h b ogburn mrs h.*r reiter mrs b l stoughton mrs e r theis and mrs h m ullmann vol xlii no 6 dramatists choose first play of year bethlehem pa friday october 12 1934 engineer heads will be guests of honor price five cents dr schlesman tells of tests in distillation fire fighting is discussed in lectures c e.'s hear r.f schaeffer on new tube rules posted for operating capehart set brown and white member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first