Brown and White Vol. 42 no. 7

              the freshman — its care and house-breaking by c throckmor ton jones ll.d is a book all haz ing-minded upperclassmen should have not that dr jones has succeed ed in reducing the gentle art of hazing to a formula — he didn't at tempt that simply because the quan tity x which is taken to repre sent the freshman's inert dumb ness is incalculably large but there are fairly definite limits be yond which it is inadvisable to drive certain freshman types and these types may readily be recog nized by using the jones get his number pigeon-hole system application of dr jones prin ciples would for example have un doubtedly saved price hall from a horrible social blunder sunday a week ago at the dreary hour of 2:30 a m sunday the price hall inmates of upperclass standing had just com pleted certain ceremonies peculiar ly appropriate to the occasion youse boids the frosh were admonished are to bring back a couple of red ping-pong balls and if you don't — 1 fail to find balls and so a forlorn group far from the comforting shelter of mother set out for ping-pong center and points east bethlehem and allen town were more or less diligently combed but 5:30 a m found two of the frosh back on the campus without any balls what to do inexplicably afraid to return to long-since-asleep price hall they lay down on the stone balustrade of drown hall terrace but that bed soon proved a trifle chilly and even to them silly an unlocked window in dr beardslee's office yielded to a little pressure and the two frosh curled up in the warm office for a nap but at 7:30 a m another im pulse urged them to get away from there and so out the window they went right into the clear view of the campus policeman freshmen recognized at such times an itching trigger finger is not at all exceptional but these frosh were lucky the clear headed cop recognized one of them as a student and so merely rounded them up and delivered them to dean mcconn later the disciplinary committee dismissed them with a reprimand in the belief that they were more sined against than sinning despite his amusement at the predicament of the blundering freshmen dean mcconn regretted the whole affair it seems a pity that one of the dormitory sections should imitate one of the cheapest and silliest aspects of fraternity life by copying their so-called outside initiations i am informed dean mcconn continued that three of the sec tions in taylor hall have complete ly abandoned this childish business of initiations for several years and i hope this old-fashioned foolish ness will drop out in the remaining two sections of taylor hall and in price hall within the next two or three years i base this hope chiefly on the fact that present day college men take practically no interest in this childish stuff dr gibbons will lecture relations club assails policy inary and in other archives of mex ico city there is enough in the facts un earthed he says to enable us to de termine the roles played by both gomez de leon and ayerra in the early history of the institution a few of the facts follow the corner-stone of the seminary was laid in december 1689 on the same date if not before gomez de leon sole trustee of the foundation funds was appointed to supervise the construction of the building although nowhere in the records of the seminary is there mention of his ever having been appointed rector of the institution evidence obtained from other sources shows that he bore such a title he died in january 1696 before the seminary had been completed and before any students had been admitted to it almost two years later on oct 1 1697 the organiza tion fundacion y ereccion of the seminary under its statutes and constitutions took place blesses seminary on the 18th of the same month and year archbishop agu ia r opened and blessed the seminary placing both dwelling and rooms in the possession of the rector vice rector teachers and 15 students its founders the rector in question was francisco de ayerra who held his position until his death in 1708 the most that can be said for gomez de leon therefore is either that he was a rector-elect who died before taking office or that he bore the title of rector by virtue of his position as business administrator of the college while the latter was still in process of construction the records show that ayerra was sworn in as rector on the same day that the seminary was opened to receive the alumnus funda dores or the first students there is no evidence that the seminary had passed through a preliminary period prior to its formal opening kotanchik 34 killed in mine who was the first rector of the tridentine seminary of mexico city to a mexican this question is important in that it has to do with the origins of one of mexico's old est and most famous institutions of learning to a puerto rican it is important in that it involves a point in the life of puerto rico's earliest known poet francisco de ayerra who nourished in mexico in the second half of the seventeenth century in the last 200 years two differ ent answers have been given to the above question some have said that the first rector of the semin ary was the mexican luis gomez de leon others have asserted that such an honor belongs to the puer to rican francisco de ayerra in a 5000-word article published in the gaceta oficial del arzobis pado de mexico of may and june 1934 prof rafael a soto of the romance language department has set forth what he considers a sat isfactory explanation of this dif ference of opinion and he arrives at the conclusion that francisco de ayerra has a greater claim than gomez de leon to the title of first rector print in library a pamphlet containing a reprint of professor soto's article is now in the university library the pamph let contains brief articles by two mexican writers each supporting a different view of the question in his exposition professor soto deals first with the various author ities who at different epochs have favored one or the other side he disposes of most of their testimonies by showing them to be mere repe titions of what other earlier author ities had said even the testimonies of earlier date when subjected to a severe test of analysis leave the question unsettled professor soto proceeds then to consider the facts made available through recent investiga tions in the archives of the sem rhodes data is given out engineering council dis cusses a mathematics curriculum and new c.e and e.m subjects would lead to b s degree sutherland named chairman the council of the college of engineering discussed a proposed curriculum in engineering mathe matics at its meeting yesterday af ternoon the new curriculum would be if put into effect for the degree of bachelor of science in engineering with specialization in mathematics the council agreed that the math ematics which is given at the pres ent time is not enough for special ization in that particular field jos eph b reynolds professor of mathematics states the proposal is purely tentative and the matter was left open nothing further is known at the present time propose new courses new courses in mining and civil engineering were also proposed the courses were discussed and then referred to the committee on courses this committee which is composed of milton c stuart pro fessor of experimental mechanical engineering and max peterson as sociate profssor of physics will in vestigate all the facts on such courses and report to the council at the next meeting hale sutherland head of the de partment of civil engineering was elected chairman and professor reynolds was elected secretary of the council for the coming year allison butts associate professor of metallurgy was elected as rep resentative to the arts council and burgess h jennings assistant pro fessor of mechanical engineering and charles w simmons associate professor of chemical engineering were elected as representatives to the business council alpha a diefenderfer professor of assaying and quantative analysis was elected to serve on the commit tee on professors degrees with fred v larkin head of the depart ment of mechanical engineering and stanley s seyfert head of the de partmnet of electrical engineering 1934-35 directory is on sale today supply bureau sells edition at 45 cents a copy the student directory for 1934-35 is expected to be on sale this after noon announces frederick r ash baugh bursar copies may be ob tained for 45 cents at the supply bureau the directory this year as in past years will contain the full name home address lehigh address and course of each student in the school graduate students and fac ulty will also be included the of ficers of all undergraduate societies will be listed more accurately than in the freshman handbook as sev eral men whose names were print ed in the handbook have failed to register this fall the quinlin printing company of 317 south new street have been printing the book work on the pamphlet has been completed at an unusually early date this year states george b curtis registrar whose office compiled the listings coming events wednesday oct 17 7:30 p m faculty dramatics club room 201 packard laboratory 7:45 p m newtonian society room 208 packard laboratory thursday oct 18 4 p m delta omicron theta room 466 packard laboratory 4 p m pre-legal society room 23 coppee hall 4:30 p m freshman soccer — le high vs hellertown h s le high field 7:45 p m pre - medical society room 208 packard laboratory friday oct 19 7:30 p m pi mv epsilon residence of professor fort 8 p m lecture chemistry in the rubber industry by w a gib bons packard auditorium mcconn points out reg ulations on damaging property in letters to dormitory residents sections will be required to pay all repair costs letters to the residents of taylor hall were received from the dean's office yesterday reminding the stu dents that new regulations pertain ing to property damage and snow balling are now in effect and will be strictly enforced in reference to the former rule the letter states the tenants of each dormitory section are held jointly liable for property damage within that section including break age of windows lights doors locks furniture etc will demand damages when any serious damage oc curs the dean explains the super intendent of buildings and grounds will make the necessary repairs or replacements and send the bill for the actual costs to dean mcconn who in turn will demand payment of the bill from the section chief of the section concerned such a case would allow a choice of three alternatives 1 to collect the amount from the actual culprit or culprits or 2 to report the names of the culprits to the dean in which instance dean mcconn will transfer the bill from the sec tion to the individuals in question and will collect the bill from them or 3 to shield and spare the in dividual culprits entirely and raise the required sum by an assessment levied on all the members of the section the throwing of snowballs the second law reads or other missiles within the taylor jiall quadrangle or in the roadway to the west of taylor hall is forbidden any stu dent found guilty of violating this rule will be liable to university dis cipline windows broken for several years past and espe cially last year several students studying by windows in the dormi tory narrowly escaped serious in jury to their faces and eyes from flying glass when windows were broken the letter continued accordingly the university po lice officers have been instructed to keep a sharp watch for violators who will be promptly suspended from the university for a semester or longer in conclusion the dean said i presume it will be necessary to make one or more examples — that is actually to suspend one or more students — before this practice is broken up so if anyone of you would like to become such an ex ample let him go right on throw ing things if on the other hand you do not care to incur this risk of being sent home i suggest that if you have indulged in this prac tice you should drop it immediate ly and completely as a recommendation dean mc conn offers the plan to suppress any would-be rough-housers be fore any serious damage is done milstead to address pre-medical society allentown hospital surgeon to tell of doctor's future dr lawrence c milstead of the allentown hospital surgical staff will speak on the future of the doctor at the first meeting of the robert w hall pre-medical so ciety at 7:45 thursday evening in room 206 packard laboratory a business meeting to arrange dates for clinics and to discuss the yearly inspection trip of juniors and seniors will take place before the speech says robert w buch anan president of the society for the coming semester the of ficers of the society have outlined in addition to the clinics a schedule of five meetings and one inspection trip just preceding thanksgiving holidays the speaker at the next meeting to be held nov 15 will be dr harvey a neville associate professor of chemistry james h huyck arts 36 is the chairman of the activities of the so ciety robert w buchanan pres ident michael hader vice pres ident jackson kress treasurer paul budura secretary dr robert w hall and dr stanley thomas faculty advisors all pre-medical freshmen and all others interested in the society are asked to attend this meeting buch anan states hits government's stand on far east expansion captain tow speaks america's expansional policy in the far east was assailed friday evening at a meeting of the inter national relations club in packard laboratory captain william m tow assis tant professor of military science and tactics addressed the 20 men present on the subject of far east relations captain tow's resume of the present situation was based on a study of the actual conditions and first-hand experience in govern ment service the opinion that japan should be allowed more leniency in her man chuko and chinese program was supported by the club reports john b diefenbach arts 35 president after the two-hour address in which the subject was developed extensively there was a general discussion and criticism for 40 min utes the time consumed in the dis cussion made impossible the usual business meeting regular business will be brought up at a special gathering to occur some time next week announces diefenbach it will be attended only by members there will be another meeting of the international relations club in the first week of november elec tions of new members will prob ably be held freshmen although allowed to attend all general meet ings are not eligible for member ship which is limited to 20 and is chosen from sophomores and up perclassmen pep meeting planned perm state smoker to be held friday in gymnasium andrew e buchanan jr direc tor of promotions and publicity will be master of ceremonies at the perm state football smoker to be sponsored by lehigh union at 7:30 p m friday in taylor gymnasium billy sheridan wrestling coach will referee an exhibition boxing bout and will make a short speech bosey reiter head of the phy sical education department robert higgins football coach at perm state college eugene g grace president of the bethlehem steel company and trustee of lehigh vincent j pazzetti former lehigh all-american and others will speak the newtonian society will hold a business meeting at 7:45 p m tomorrow in room 208 pack ard laboratory romance languages prot fessor succumbs at 9:30 a m today suffered from dental infection met classes yesterday taught here eight years halfred cheney brown for eight years a member of the romance lan guages faculty died at 9:30 o'clock this morning while under an anaes thetic for a minor dental operation at st luke's hospital where he had been a patient since last evening professor brown had suffered from a dental infection and was ad mitted to the hospital on the advice of his dentist dr r m walls al though troubled by the infection dr brown was able to meet his classes yesterday the exact cause of death had not been determined early this after noon despite the fact that a post mortem examination had been held at the hospital by dr l i fisher funeral arrangements have not been completed although it has been determined that the body will be sent to frankfort ind the home of professor brown's parents for burial his parents are mr and mrs walter brown married in june 1932 professor brown who was 35 years of age and a native of in diana was married june 4 1932 to miss sue marilyn wilson of phil lipsburg in the little church around the corner new york city his wife survives their home was at 231 east market street dr brown who came to lehigh in september 1926 as assistant pro fessor of romance languages was a graduate of wabash college where he received the a b degree in 1921 he studied at the university of paris and the university of lyon from 1921 to 1923 receiving the de gree of docteur en droit in the lat ter year he was a member of phi beta kappa tau kappa alpha and the national romance languages so ciety he was active at the last open house in helping promote the production of several foreign lan guage plays before coming to lehigh profes ser brown taught at the university of michigan at wabash in his sen ior year he was an assistant instruc tor in english composition he was a long distance runner in his un dergraduate days 15 attend concert held in drown hall union sponsors wagnerian phonograph program fifteen students attended the third phonograph concert last sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the ar cadia room of drown hall the concert which lasted for one and a half hours consisted of the following numbers all by wagner overturs and venusberg music from tannhauser siegfried idyll ride of the valkyrie and finale from the valkyrie der liebstod from tristan and isolde finale from die gotter dammerung leßoy travis head of lehigh union which is in charge of the operation of the phonograph stated that the concerts will go on as usual for an indefinite period next sunday david c bomberg er e e 34 will have charge of the program struble represents lehigh at tau beta pi convention l p struble m e 35 repre sented the lehigh chapter of tau beta pi honorary engineering so ciety at its national convention held from thursday to saturday night in new york the meetings were held at new york university columbia univer sity brooklyn polytechnic institute and stevens institute of technolo gy new chapters were admitted at rutgers and stanford says struble approximately 75 delegates at tended cyanide will elect tomorrow a meeting of cyanide junior honorary society will be held to morrow night at 7:30 in drown hall new members will be elected says robert m eichner m e 36 palmer asks scholarship candidates to pre pare their applications men who wish to be candidates for the rhodes scholarship should make arrangements to place their application with prof p.m palmer director of the college of arts and science in the near future applicants for the rhodes schol arship must first be approved by their own university this approval should be made before nov 10 so that final application can be in the hands of the state secretary by nov 17 definite institutional quotas are no longer fixed but college and university committees are urged not to recommend men who do not in their opinion possess outstand ing qualifications for the appoint ment frank aydelotte the amer ican secretary of the scholarship committee has announced a candidate to be eligible must be a citizen of the united states and unmarried be between the ages of 19 and 25 and must have com pleted his sophomore year in col lege the candidate may apply eith er in the state in which he resides or in the one in which he has re ceived his two years of college edu cation the stipend of the rhodes schol arship is fixed at 400 pounds 2,000 a year a rhodes scholar should be able however to provide 50 pounds 250 a year from his own resources the tenure of the rhodes scholarship is dependant upon the maintenance by the schol ar of a standard of work and con duct which in the opinions of the trustee justifies his scholarship to address alumni palmer diamond stoughton lar kin drive to new york four lehigh professors drove to new york city today where they intend to discuss before the alum ni club additions to the staffs and new equipment for the departments of the university dr philip m palmer director of the college of arts and science dr herbert m diamond professor of economics dr fred v larkin di rector of the curriculum of mechan ical and industrial engineering and dr bradley stoughton director of the curriculum of metallurgical en gineering comprised the group rubber company official to discuss background of rubber manufacture dr willis gibbons director of the development department of the united states rubber company in passaic n j will discuss the phy sical and chemical background of rubber manufacture at the annual joint meeting of the lehigh valley engineers club and the lehigh valley section of the american chemical society at 8 p m friday in packard auditorium he will give a short description of the technical control of raw ma terials stocks in process and per formance and laboratory tests on the finished material in the treatment of his topic dr gibbons will deal at some length with the application of rubber to engineering why rubber is useful how well it performs the task and some specific applications to me chanical chemical automotive and railway engineering dr gibbons received the degrees of bachelor of arts and master of arts from wesleyan university and doctor of philosophy from cornell university he has been affiliated with the united states rubber company since 1912 except during the world war at which time he was assistant military attache at the american embassy in london methods for the manufacture of rubber goods from latex improve ments in the vulcanization process and the manufacture of aeronautic materials are among his contribu tions to the rubber industry before the regular meeting a din ner will be held at the sun inn ho tel at 6:30 p m an informal dis cussion will follow the dinner in which charles h herty jr doctor of science will speak on chemis try in the steel industry dr herty has recently come to bethlehem as research engineer for the bethlehem steel company he has served the bureau of mines as physical chemist and for the past three years has been engaged in chemical and metallurgical research at the carnegie institute of tech nology scabbard and blade holds pledge ceremonies at drill the following men were pledged by scabbard and blade honorary military society at drill yesterday afternoon c b potter r a lenna r w brown h l snavely g b rus sell l r wesley c j gotthardt t m parthemore j l kornet t a gearhart g d grogan c f bayer f a gonzales p l hoop er r couch f w walker d m hoppock h w seeley d w fouse and w s hutchinson graduate in mining en gineering is electro cuted by high voltage nicholas walter kotanchik e.m 34 was killed last saturday when he came in contact with a high vol tage cable while working in the mines of the c c b smokeless coal company at mt hope w..va four hours of artificial respiration failed to revive him he is survived by his wife his brother joseph a freshman at lehigh is a pledgee at the theta kappa phi house his body was sent from mt hope to shamokin where his fam ily lives the funeral will take place wednesday afternoon kotanchik was 30 years old he was a member of the lehigh band and secretary in his senior year of the mining and geological society kotanchik was graduated with honors last june kotanchik started work for the company a subsidiary of the kop pers koke company on sept 14 the position was secured for him by h albert evans e m 26 su perintendent of the mines kotanchik was born dec 18 1904 at ranshaw pa when he was 13 he started work in the breaker of the enterprise coal company here he worked as slate picker chain thrower mule driver and repair man for eight years in 1925 he took the training course for the pennsylvania state police but did not complete it he continued work in the mines dur ing the four years he attended sha mokin high school up to 1929 in 1930 he entered lehigh as an arts student but changed to min ing the following year he was married in 1932 he was known to many present students who saw him every morn ing as they entered chapel he handed out chapel attendance slips at the door tickets for engineers ball now available drown hall tickets for the engineers ball to take place saturday evening oct 20 in drown hall may be obtained at the lehigh union of fice the dance is to be informal harry john's orchestra will sup ply the music for dancing on both floors of drown hall tick ets are 1.10 per couple and 75 cents stag bethlehem pa tuesday october 16 1934 frosh seek refuge in drown hall after quest for ping pong balls vol xlii no 7 professor soto writes article on rector of mexican school price five cents the lehigh university brown and white dean advises on destruction in taylor hall hal c brown dies suddenly at st luke's new courses are proposed for engineers member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first