Brown and White Vol. 43 no. 41

              to play old instruments tonight in chapel frederick the great was not only a great statesman but he was also a composer of what was popular music in his day at 8:15 this eve ning in packard memorial chapel the concert of the american society of the ancient instruments will open with his string sinfonie in three movements other scores on the program in clude scarlotti's aria menuet suite pasquini's canzona fran cese and tartini's sinfonia pas torale student tickets can be se cured free at the lehigh union of fice student staff to edit call figures show slight rise over last year six hundred and twenty students received valentines resulting from the mid-semester reports submitted to the dean's office last friday this represented 43 per cent of the en tire student body of the above number 354 men were fraternity members 61 dormi tory residents and 205 members of town groups the percentage of men receiving valentines has shown a slight rise over the past two years the distribution of valentines by curricula is as follows arts and science 104 business administration 104 chemistry and chemical eng'r 50 civil engineering 15 electrical engineering 29 freshman engineering 164 engineering physics 6 industrial engineering 42 mechanical engineering 42 metallurgical engineering 19 mining engineering 12 sanitary engineering 0 total 620 new register is published rudolph r ashman rights names cast for play tau beta pi requires 2.5 average for 5 semest ers to be eligible activities are considered tau beta pi honorary engineer ing fraternity tapped 14 junior en gineers in chapel yesterday morn ing the men pledged are donald c barnum i e theodore r brown e e thomas e brook over ch e benjamin k dauben speck ch e warren p fairbanks i e melvin l jackson eng phys and clay e lewis e e also pledged were richard m lord met e morris b lore chem william p patterson m e albert r spalding i e albert b schwarzkopf m e luther j up ton ch e and clarence b welch c e the two requirements for mem bership are maintenance of a 2.5 or better average for 5 semesters and a ranking in the upper fourth of his class the names of those elect ed are submitted to the faculty for comment and rating the faculty rating and comment is based on the following eight points personal appearance char acter capacity for leadership social qualities integrity breadth of in terests adaptability and unselfish activity extra curricular activity is a major consideration leadership in town organizations or in course so cieties may be as important as cam pus activities skedgell's tunes impress colling tau beta pi and phi beta kappa form complaints committee williams approves plan lehigh university through the efforts of tau beta pi national hon orary society for engineers and phi beta kappa honorary scholarship society for arts and business men now has a student complaints com mittee through the medium of which seniors may offer to the administra tion constructive criticism concern ing the content of courses and the manner in which they are con ducted president williams approved of the plan stating i feel sure the di rectors of curricula would welcome suggestions from organizations so representative of scholastic leader ship as are tau beta pi and phi beta kappa such student opinion may be expected to be discerning and helpful to assure freedom of expression it has been decided that the new committee will not have a faculty adviser and will not keep minutes all complaints are to be signed and handed to the secretary of tau beta pi who will then arrange a calendar for the next committee meeting anonymous letters will not be con sidered the student may either appear before the committee and personally press his case or he may designate a committee member to represent him after discussing the complaint on hand the committee will vote a two-thirds majority will be required for the submission of a report to the administration the members of the first com mittee are as follows bernard s weiss c e 36 david w hop pock i e 36 harold c bickel e e 36 and walter l finlay ch e 36 chairman the date of the first meeting of this committee will be announced in the brown and white after the phi beta kappa elections this month o bradford to head research for republican committee dr frederick a bradford pro fessor of economics has been named to direct research into banking and currency problems for the research council of the republication na tional committee he will assume charge of his new work this week during the remainder of the sem ester professor bradford will speak week-ends in washington in connection with his duties a slight change in his class schedule has been made dean curtis announces changes in 1936-37 publication the 1936-1937 university register was issued saturday dean curtis editor of the register stated that there are several changes and im provements in this year's publica tion copies of the register may be ob tained upon application to the reg istrar's office for the first time there is infor mation concerning the activities of freshman week in the fall the re quirements for the regular scholas tic honors for freshmen and sopho mores have been outlined as well as the requirements for special honors the description of the graduate college which was formerly in the back of the register has been moved to its more natural place following the description of the three under graduate colleges the usual description of the high school courses required for entrance has been omitted this has been done because accredited high schools outline their courses to conform with state department of instruction or college board requirements and are therefore rather uniform the index of the new register has been expanded and made more com plete and at the same time descrip tions of courses have been simpli fied and made up-to-date e r theis tests celluloid as evidence in murder trial brown and white writers will put out allentown morning call journalism majors and members of the staff of the brown and white will be given an opportunity to exhibit their journalistic prowess before the readers of the allen town morning call when its of fices are turned over to them for the writing and editing of saturday morning's news and editorials this will mark the sixth consecutive year that david a miller manag ing editor of the morning call and his son donald p miller both of whom are interested in college jour nalism have afforded lehigh stu dents this privilege prof dale h gramley head of the journalism courses has ap pointed walter l finlay ch e/36 chief editorial writer whose work will be supplemented with editorials by david w hoppock i e 36 robert a kemmer ch e 36 and sidney lewis arts 37 columnists william dukek ch e 38 wil liam p gottlieb bus 38 and wil liam f roth arts 36 will also contribute to the editorial page desk work will be done by tele graph editor harry c archer arts 37 city editor j palmer murphy arts 38 sports editors r w reif snyder bus 37 jack scanlon arts 37 and leonard schick arts 37 and copyreaders t.r brown e.e 37 b k daubenspeck ch e 37 dale goldsmith ch e 38 p e p white e.e 38 and george yanko arts 37 roy hertz will comment on the events of the day on the regular radio program a w jessup arts 38 will be the photographer and nevin fidler arts 38 and john mccleery bus 38 will be in charge of the bethlehem office reporters will be r l bailey arts 37 g a barker chem 37 norman bell eng 39 w f boucher arts 38 a c crane bus 38 h t s heckman eng 39 f janulis arts 38 frank kemmer eng 39 rich ard larkin arts 38 c e lewis e e 37 r a moore bus 37 joseph parmet ch e 38 willet weeks arts 39 and eric weiss eng 39 composition auditioned before broadcast e s colling 12 a member of the communications department of rca stated that he was unusually impressed by several of ralph skedgell's compositions from his musical comedy prom trotters he auditioned the numbers tues day evening in the university room of the hotel bethlehem previous to the broadcast over station wcba allentown colling will recommend to ro sario bourdon conductor and di rector of the cities service radio program that several selections be included in the annual cities ser vice lehigh program on april 17 prize winning songs in the lehigh song writing contest in which 89 en tries were received will be sung at this time frank r coates 09 vice president of the cities service oil company has arranged this variety program for lehigh and lehigh men at last tuesday's special audition misses charlotte bond and ruth pazzetti and frank t norton eng 39 sang the various selec tions accompanied by ralph sked gell arts 36 at the piano prom trotters will be presented by the mustard and cheese club on april 3 and 4 in drown hall lewis is elected mustard and cheese to give the shannons of broadway 9 in may albert a rights faculty adviser of mustard and cheese last night released the cast for the shannons of broadway a three act comedy by james gleason to be produced may 1 and 2 in place of cyrano de bergerac which was cancelled be cause of the recent measles epi demic rehearsals for the shannons of broadway began last evening the play will be coached by mr rights with the assistance of herbert and william woronoff arts 37 the cast is as follows shorty jones porter of the hotel daniel r pros nit bus 36 pa swanzey proprie tor of the swanzey house elbert d tidd arts 37 charley dill a railroad man leonard h dudman bus 39 hez davis a bootlegger james t bergen ch e 37 vance atkins frank h reuwer met e 38 bert savage a brakeman on the railroad coleman citret arts 37 the part of minerva harper a head waitress will be taken by miss peggy sterrett the part of oscar billing agent of the local theatre by louis weinstock bus 36 chuck bradford by david c bradley ch e 38 emma shannon by miss jeannette cleveland mickey shan non by george beban 11 arts 38 ma swanzey by miss emily wat son charles bradford sr by her bert m wilson jr arts 37 newt eddy a country shyster will be played by robert f latham eng 39 eddie allen by charles f mc coy jr arts 37 a guest by je rome d miller arts 39 and tom bill jake pat — the four melody boys by louis f wittman eng 39 james a smith jr eng 39 malcolm carrington jr bus 39 john t handy jr bus 38 mr albee will be played by henry c kennedy jr bus 38 a.s.m.e to hear m w dalrymple allentown club to meet friday lewis awards cup to king as most improved freshman on team scobey gets gold watch hoddinott announces 1 1 letter awards at an nual banquet rudolph ashman lehigh's e i w a 126-lb champion was elect ed captain of next year's wrestling team at their twelfth annual banquet which was held last night at the saucon valley country club the banquet is presented annual ly by r a lewis vice president of the bethlehem steel company in honor of the varsity and freshman wrestling teams and their coach billy sheridan walter okeson chairman of the national football rules committee served as master of ceremonies for the evening after the dinner okey introduced president wil liams who commended the team on its splendid record and stated that he was keenly interested in lehigh's athletic program sheridan praises scobey the man who was the main rea son for lehigh's success was then called upon and billy sheridan rose and spoke briefly on the national wrestling tournament which was held last friday and saturday at washington and lee lexington va billy paid scobey a wonderful tribute and then spoke to the mem bers of the freshman team about the responsibility which they face when they join the varsity ranks next year colonel kellogg dean mcconn glenn harmeson bosey reiter and austin bishop coach of wyoming seminary's wrestling team and bro ther of both ben and dick also ad dressed those attending the banquet howell scobey was presented with a gold watch by mr lewis as his gift to lehigh's captain of both football and wrestling during the 1935-36 season howell expressed his appreciation and took advantage of this opportunity to offer to billy sheridan the team's gift a new trout fishing rod so that their coach might enjoy his spare time to good advantage lettermen announced the retiring manager of wrestl ing bill hoddinott read the list of men who received varsity letters for their wrestling during the past sea son they are as follows wesley clow hugh ferry frank gon zales dick bishop walter crock ett whitey sterngold howell sco bey rudy ashman and harry snavely who received a service let ter hoddinott and lloyd berg the freshman manager also received ma jor l's mr lewis then presented thomas king with the lewis cup awarded yearly to the most improved wrestl er on the freshman team jimmy reed princeton's wrestling coach and former national a a u cham pion was the first man to have his name engraved upon the cup after expressing to mr lewis the appreciation of all those pres ent mr okeson led a long cheer for the host and closed the most successful wrestling banquet ever held as billy sheridan expressed it while waiting for his coat opponents include rut gers muhlenberg ver mont and upsala 2 will be over radio the debating team with ten de bates scheduled for this week is having the biggest week in its his tory said theodore g ehrsam coach of the team nine of the de bates will be on the question re solved that congress should be empowered to override by a two thirds vote decisions of the supreme court declaring acts of congress un constitutional the other debate will be on the league of nations the first two of the debates were argued last night raphael b scob lionko arts 39 and norman l morse eng 39 took the negative side of the supreme court question in a debate with the rutgers fresh man team there was no decision made on the debate the second debate last night was a varsity debate with vermont on the same question daniel q mar shall m e 38 and peter j po tochney arts 37 were the lehigh debaters they took the negative side of the question the debate was awarded to vermont repre sented by renwick caldwell and frederick timmerman the judge was professor ziegler professor of education at cedar crest college tonight the freshman team will argue with the muhlenberg fresh men at 8 o'clock in room 466 pack ard laboratory charles g layman eng 39 and carl f brown arts 39 will compose the lehigh team there will be a decision on the de bate but the judge has not yet been announced tomorrow night the same two freshmen will argue with the rut gers freshman team in a no-decision debate to be broadcast at 8 p m over radio station wcba allen town the lehigh team will take the affirmative side of the question on thursday the varsity team represented by morse and howard koller ch e 37 will take the negative side of the supreme court question in a debate with upsala at upsala there will be a three judge decision on the debate there will be four debates on fri day the varsity team will debate with the university of pennsylvania evening school both at home and away daniel q marshall m e 38 peter j potochney arts 37 and douglas w edwards arts 38 will be the debaters to go away they will take the negative side of the supreme court question while wal ter r guyer ch e 36 morris mindlin arts 38 and warren t jablow ch e 38 will take the af firmative side of the question at home both debates will be three judge decision affairs eugene h uhler arts 37 and howard koller ch e 37 will take the negative side of the supreme court question in a debate with ur sinus at ursinus at the same time the lehigh freshman team repre sented by raphael g scoblionko arts 39 and carl f brown arts 39 will argue with the liberty high school debating team on the league of nations the debate will be held at liberty high school the varsity team will take the af firmative side of the supreme court question in a debate with lasalle university to be broadcast over sta tion what philadelphia from 8 to 9 p m friday night the team for this debate has not yet been de cided o international relations club to hear diamond meeting at 7:30 p m thursday in the lounge of packard laboratory to discuss the problem of social security the international relations club will be addressed by herbert m diamond professor of econom ics after the meeting an election committee will consider 20 pros pective members refreshments will be served o dean mcconn will speak dean c m mcconn will speak on what the better colleges have a right to expect from the better private schools at a meeting of the association of military colleges and schools tomorrow at the may flower hotel in washington d c sub-frosh day to be on may 2 new officers are selected for eta kappa nu clay e lewis e e 37 was elected president of eta kappa nu for the ensuing year at a meeting of the fraternity last night in pack ard laboratory wilbur bakker e.e 37 was elected corresponding sec retary and theodore r brown e e 37 the bridge correspondent william formhals instructor in electrical engineering and member of the alpha-illinois chapter of eta kappa nu was re-elected faculty adviser members of the society discussed a proposal to aid the department on sub-freshman day and made plans for a future initiation of junior elec tricals members of the upper quar ter of the junior class in electrical engineering are eligible for election o gramley talks of hoaxes dale h gramley associate pro fessor of journalism talked to the students of lincoln high school jersey city n j yesterday morn ing on newspaper hoaxes and frauds dr edwin r theis associate professor of chemical engineering conducted investigations as techni cal expert on evidence for the pros ecution in the weird murder of mrs viola e moore of altoona the defendant pauo m strawmeyer a sailor was acquitted because of a lack of concrete evidence the testimony revealed that mrs moore was slain by a unique device known as the navy roll which broke her neck the device which was produced in evidence consist ed of a basket like headgear to which was attached ten feet of strong wire and a short stick an inch in diameter the wire was attached to the headgear and then looped about the victim's heels the stick was insert ed in the wire and twisted in tourni quet fashion until her neck broke the police found parts of the cel luloid covering of mrs moore's heels in the ledge of the seat of a car which the defendant was driv ing when arrested these flaky pieces and the shoes of the victim which were found wrapped in wire near the body were brought here to be chemically tested and compared by dr theis dr theis testified that the flakes exactly matched the celluloid on the heels the state contended that straw meyer after a quarrel at a drinking party in altoona last december took mrs moore to a nearby alley where the cruel torturing murder was committed strawmeyer admitted that he ac companied mrs moore on visits to beer parlors and on a long ride in the country the night she was killed but he insisted he drove her home afterwards he denied they quar reled previously mrs dewey ermine wife of a night club proprietor and betty shraff a waitress testified that strawmeyer and mrs moore visited their establishment that night drank several bottles of beer and that mrs moore sang and danced causing an argument with strawmeyer as the couple left mrs ermine said that mrs moore turned to those who remained at the inn and called goodbye folks if we meet again i hope it'll be in heaven it was in an alleyway near the inn that her body was found next morning dr theis who testified on fri day was asked to conduct the in vestigation by state authorities these authorities applied to the endicott-johnson shoe company's offices in new york the shoe com pany recommended the lehigh chemistry department dr theis went to hollidaysburg on thursday and returned on saturday he is still of the opinion that strawmeyer committed the crime although he contends that the crime was not premedidated metallurgist will describe iron steel inspection inspection of iron and steel products will be discussed by m w dalrymple metallurgical super visor in charge of laboratories at the bethlehem steel company at the student a s m e meeting at 7:30 p m thursday in room 466 packard laboratory he will illustrate his talk with slides and bring several small test ing devices with him new officers for the society will be elected dalrymple who was graduated from perm state with a b.s in met allurgy secured his first position with bethlehem steel company in 1919 from 1923 to 1924 he taught in nazareth hall he then returned to bethlehem steel company to en ter the chemical laboratory where he did experimental and special testing work he became metallur gical supervisor in charge of lab oratories in 1934 invitation will be sent by admissions office saturday may 2 has been the date definitely set for the annual sub-freshman day by the commit tee in charge at a meeting yesterday in the faculty room of the admin istration building arcadia the interfraternity coun cil the lehigh union the allentown club and alpha kappa psi are to provide student hosts to act as guides throughout the day dr.w.c congdon chairman of the committee stated that this is an in vitational affair and those students who wish to have friends here should kindly give the name and ad dress of the friend to the admis sions office and a formal invita tion will be sent dean mcconn smiley to address group dean c m mcconn and earl k smiley assistant director of admis sions will address the lehigh al lentown club at their meeting at 7:30 o'clock friday evening mem bers will be notified by mail of the place of meeting smiley who recently accepted the position of faculty adviser of the group will discuss the possi bilities of the club and speak in general on the mistakes to be avoid ed in conducting any organization dean mcconn has not yet an nounced his topic during the business meeting nom inations for next year's officers will be made elections will be held at the april meeting plans will be laid for handling the allentown sub freshmen during sub - freshman day a picture of the group will be taken and will appear in the sat urday issue of the allentown morn ing call lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa tuesday march 24 1936 string sinfonie to open concert 620 men receive mid year reports vol xliii no 41 price — five cento wrestlers elect ashman captain 14 engineers are pledged by honorary will criticize course content and conduct debate team has 10 meets during week to head mat team member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first