Brown and White Vol. 44 no. 44

              captain of scabbard and blade appointed col onel of regiment berutich lieut - colonel hughes hall reiter ullmann ogburn retire 4 men named to staff 13 others promoted 3 leaves of absence granted bids received for lab annex proposed expenses total 980,580 increase of 48,705 surplus reported for last year prof j h ogbnrn approximately 350 people attend ed the first joint concert of the le high glee club and the moravian seminary and college for women glee club was held saturday eve ning in drown hall following the concert a dance was held dr t edgar shields director of music directed both groups in ev ery number except the singing of the two alma maters the groups joined in the singing of the alma mater ethel goldberg president of the moravian glee club directed the singing of her alma mater while harold e towne arts 37 direct ed the singing of the lehigh alma mater the concert which is the last home concert to be given by the lehigh glee club was attended by dr edwin heath president of mo ravian and dr clement c wil liams president of lehigh dr and mrs t e shields were the chap erons for the dance a.c.s to hear e r weidlein american chemical society president to address lehigh valley section dr r w hall granted partial saturday 2 men to act lead in play junior prom nets 597.38 dechnik diamond will alternate in counsellor at - law financial report shows that 620 couples and 42 stags attended dance the last artist to appear this year on the program of the student con cert-lecture series was conrad thi bault who gave a recital friday evening in packer memorial chapel before an audience of 900 despite a cough thibault presented a pro gram which included 22 songs four of which were given as an encore this was the first time that such a concert has been presented here the selection of songs included sev eral popular selections an aria from carmen and many classical pieces divided program the program was divided into four parts between each part thi bault took a short rest there were four songs in the first part five in the second five in the third and four selections in the fourth part at the conclusion of the program the applause was so great that the singer consented to give an encore the extra songs were home on thie range th old black mare the green eyed dragon and drink to me only with thine eyes applause stops song after he had sung two songs thibault announced that he had a bad cough which he had picked up while flying east during one song the audience began to applaud thi bault had paused between verses of the song and the audience think ing that the piece was over began to applaud thibault stopped the song bowed and then began the next selection this is the first year that the student concert-lecture committee has been in existence during the course of the year they have pre sented such notable figures as al exander woollcott blanche yurka h v kaltenborn mrs carl ack eley and conrad thibault dr wil liam beebe who was scheduled to appear was forced to cancel his en gagement because of serious illness marshall speaks at local institute cites argument for ship * pard-hill bill with vincent j pazzetti bus 37 captain of scabbard and blade hon orary military fraternity appointed to the rank of regimental command er and cadet colonel the following promotions and assignments of ca det officers have been made in the lehigh r o t c unit lt col j m berutich c e 37 was appointed regimental executive officer and the following were made battalion commanders first battalion major r e crispen c.e 37 second battalion major e h mount c e 37 third battalion major a s mckaig ch e 37 captain n s elder bus 37 was made regimental adjutant and the following are battalion adjutants in addition to company duties first battalion lt h j tillapaugh arts 37 second battalion lt j c bobgert e e 37 and third bat talion lt j v warinski m.e/37 in the first battalion r estrada bus 38 is captain of company a with lieutenants h l beidler ch e 37 e p cooper m e.'37 j h hensinger ck e 37 c w kuhl bus 37 t e niehaus bus 37 and tillapaugh company b a a swenson bus 37 and lieutenants c w hart met 38 f g simmons m e 38 c w vedder bus 37 f t winters bus 38 and w p patterson m e 37 company c m l jackson eng phys 37 captain and lieutenants a j deacon met eng 37 w h mapes i e 38 c f minnich c e 37 r p wascher ch e 38 c b tillson e m 37 and d m scott bus 37 the second battalion g h beck m e 38 captain of company e with lieutenants j b gormley arts 37 j w herstine bus 37 g c lee ch e 37 r h sachs bus 37 and a e smith i e.'3b company f d s plews eng phys 37 captain and lieutenants r m hayden m e 38 f t krupinski arts 38 n g reed m e 37 r w vogelsberg m.e 37 h w ahrenholz e m 37 and bogert company g a b schwarzkopf m e 37 captain and lieutenants j f connors arts 37 r l coo ney arts 37 w h feldhus bus 37 r juer m e 37 and w g turnbull m e 37 the third battalion j d houck arts 37 captain of company i and lieutenants h h dent i e 37 science in industry will be the topic discussed by dr edward r weidlein president of the american chemical society in his address be fore the lehigh valley section of the society at 8:15 p m thursday in the palmerton high school pal merton this will be the first time in ten years that a president of the society has spoken before the local chem ists dr weidlein is director of the mellon institute of industrial re search inc in pittsburgh public invited r n boyd secretary of the le high valley section stated that the public is invited to attend the meet ing and added that dr weidlein's talk will be void of theoretical and technical details but hie has a defin ite message for everyone interested in chemistry those present at the usual dinner meeting which preceeds the meet ing and which will be held at 6:15 p m at the horse head inn will hear several of the section's mem bers discuss some of the papers which were read at the spring meet ing of the society continued on page four twelve hundred and eighty people attended the annual junior prom and a profit to the junior class of 597.38 was netted announced clinton w strang i e 38 in the financial report of the prom the expenditures included 1350 to horace heidt and his orchestra and 300 for rent of the hotel bethle hem on commenting on the report dean mcconn stated in my opin ion the chairman and his commit tee are entitled to special credit for extremely efficient and businesslike handling of the affair financial statement of the junior prom receipts 620 couples 2,827.20 42 stags 95.76 miscellaneous receipts 3.15 2,928.11 expenditures orchestra horace heidt 1,350.00 hotel rental 300.00 police 36.00 water and coolers 5.00 dixie cups 4.95 amplification 40.00 corsages 6.00 committee under arcadia rule 35.00 programs 100.59 advertising lehigh review 20.00 brown and white 22.50 ticket sellers 10.00 printing tickets 3.50 show cards 6.00 8.47 miscellaneous 8.47 taxes federal 271.60 state 109.12 2,328.73 profit to the class of 1938 $ 597.38 signed clinton w strang c g beardslee this is to certify that i have reviewed the foregoing financial report of the junior prom and checked the supporting vouchers and receipts and that to the best of my belief the report is correct the surplus of 597.38 has been deposited to the credit of the class of 1938 signed c h mcconn dean o to exhibit snakes francis j trembley instructor in biology will show his snakes and speak friday at the freeland min ing and mechanical institute in freeland pa his subject will be wild life international relations club elects m s lord president group discusses plans for model assembly of league of nations at cornell this week 6 new men voted into organization with a cast of students and fac ulty featured in former presenta tions the combined dramatic inter ests of lehigh will present elmer rice's three act play counsellor at-law friday and saturday eve nings at 8:30 in drown hall albin dechnik bus 38 will play the lead role as george simon for the saturday performance and theodore l diamond arts 38 will take the same part on friday eve ning dechnik played in the mus tard and cheese dramatizations of the racket in the role of a po liceman who was murdered and in paths of glory in the part of ferol diamond also acted in paths of glory cast as langlois mrs lawrence whitcomb will play the part of simon's mother she has previously been in the pro ductions of outward bound and paths of glory in which latter play she portrayed a war-stricken mother mrs robert d butler takes the role of cora george simon's soph isticated wife who leaves him when he is disgraced forum petition rejected melvin s lord met e 37 was elected president of the interna tional relations club at a meeting thursday evening in packard lab plans for lehigh's part in the eleventh annual model assembly of the league of nations of the middle atlantic states to be held at cornell university thursday friday and saturday were also discussed during a conference of the insti tute of international affairs hfeld saturday at moravian seminary and college for women daniel mar shall m e 38 presented affirma tive arguments in a discussion of the sheppard-hill bill which deals with government conscription in time of war in the evening session of the con ference interest was developed in discussing the resolution that the r o t c should be abolished in american colleges and universi ties sitting in on this debate was ma jor carter collins assistant profes sor of military science and tactics who was present for all the ses sions in the opening address of the conference russia germany japan spain and italy were named as danger spots which might embroil the world in war by l j koehler head of east stroudsburg state teachers college history depart ment in his talk on tension spots in the world today his graphic description of the european situa tion and its historical background laid the basis for the afternoon dis cussion o frosh dance indefinite although the funds in the fresh man treasury are only about one third to one-half the amount suf ficient to run the freshman dance a v bodine eng 40 president of the freshman union said that he believed the dance would be hfeld and that a decision and date would be made at a meeting wednesday evening in drown hall tions high commissioner for refu gees mr mac donald will speak on the work of the league the lehigh delegation is divid ed into three discussion committees melvin lord and jacob blumenthal ch e 37 will present france's views towards peaceful changes of article 19 which provides for the plebescite and means of election the population question and revision of treaties to discuss trade improvements of trade relations including the reduction of trade and financial barriers will be discussed by john sutcliffe and f e thal mann france favors progressive suppressions of trade restrictions douglass edwards arts 38 and samuel felix arts 38 will make up the committee to consider sanc tions of collective securities france is willing to go along with the rest of the world for universal sanctions amos a ettinger asso ciate professor of history will ac company the delegation in the ca pacity of adviser lord succeeds t e thalmann arts 37 as president of the club other new officers elected were randolph s young arts 38 vice president john sutcliffe arts 39 secretary and john k montmeat bus 38 treasurer six new men voted into the club included john baiz arts 39 myron sterngold bus 38 joseph hopkins bus 38 john weigel i e 38 john mc nabb i e 39 and terry schiff arts 40 a formal initiation ban quet is to be held sometime in the near future lehigh to represent france lehigh will represent france at the model league of nations as sembly which will be attended by 250 delegates representing 35 col leges and universities throughout the middle atlantic states the principal speakers of the assembly will be dr hunt simons lecturer at the new school for social re search in new york city whose topic will be europe of today — league of tomorrow and james mac donald former league of na although he expressed him self as in agreement with the lehigh discussion forum's tenet that war be eliminated as a means of settling international disputes president clement c williams today rejected the for um's petition for an 11 o'clock one hour holiday thursday morn ning to discuss means to that end he gave as reasons for rejec tion 1 the petition was presented too late for the faculty to take parlimentary action upon it 2 heads of the departments whose classes would be affected by the holiday objected to the disruption of their work carl palmer president of the forum announced today that the discussion on war will take place on thursday evening in packard laboratory speakers will be major carter collins dr c g beardslee and professor suther land an open discussion will as usual follow the addresses eering received a leave of absence for one year prof inge m lyse was granted a leave until nov 1 1937 profes sor lyse has been awarded a de gree of doctor of technology by the norway institute of technology and will go abroad to receive it and to lecture budget is increased the new budget of 980,580 which was adopted is one of the largest in the history of the university last year the budget totalled 931,875 the increase is due to in creases in salaries additional facul ty appoinments and facility im provements which are planned among the improvements will be renovation of the central heating system which will occur this sum mer according to walter r oke son treasurer of the university the university's income is increaing and a surplus remained at the close of the last fiscal year although the budget is balanced okeson expects a surplus again this year as there has been for the past 20 years bids were received for the new wing of the chemistry building the contract will be let by the building committee in the immediate future and it is expected that the building will be completed in time for the second semester of 1937-1938 mem bers of the building committee are charles d marshall chairman aubrey weymouth and alan c dodson plans for an armory an nex and a new dorm unit were also discussed but no action taken cornelius prize accepted the board voted to accept the 100 prize offered by william cor nelius alumni secretary to be awarded to the senior mechanical engineer who has profited most by his opportunity at lehigh the award will be based on scholarship attainment and personality dealing with the bequest of 100,000 left to lehigh by william gotshall for scholarships in engin eering the board ruled that in the event suitable graduate candidates are not available for scholarships the residue of funds at the discre tion of the president may be used as undergraduate scholarships in engineering equal to tuition approval was given for the placing of a tablet to the memory of mr gotshall in packard labora tory and for a tablet in memory of dr natt m emory late vice pres ident of the university to be placed in the chapel no change was made in the rule limiting the enrollment to 1500 pay ing students members of the board who at tended the meeting were eugene g grace president samuel d warriner charles d marshall william c dickerman aubrey weymouth william j turner alan c dodson earle f johnson rob ert farnham morton sultzer and frank b bell dr bateman new head of the department of romance languages received his a.b degree from bow doin in 1919 and his ph.d from princeton in 1924 hall served 35 years dr hall came to lehigh in 1902 as instructor in the biology depart ment which he helped organize he had received his ph b from yale in 1895 and from harvard he re ceived his a b in 1897 a m in 1898 and ph d in 1901 he is a member of the american associa tion for the advancement of science sigma xi and pennsylvania for estry association the robert w blake pre-med society was named in his honor dr hughes has been at lehigh since 1907 after receiving his a.b continued on page four by j palmer murphy the board of trustees of the university at a meeting saturday in the alumni building took the following major actions 1 added four new men to the faculty promoted 13 men acted on the retirement applications of five professors and granted three leaves of absence 2 adopted the annual budget totalling 980,586 3 authorized the construction of the east wing of th"c chemistry building dr robert w hall head of the department of biology dr percy hughes head of the department of philosophy dr harry m ullmann head of the department of chemis try howard bosey reiter head of the department of physical edu cation and john h ogburn pro fessor of mathematics and astron omy having reached the optional retirement age set by the university were relieved of some of their du ties they will however if they wish continue at part time until they reach the age of 68 or 70 those who have participated in the university-aided annunity plan may continue until age 70 when the plan becomes operative the others will retire at 68 edwards succeeds fox bateman edwards assistant pro fessor of modern languages at princeton was appointed professor and head of the department of ro mance languages he succeeds dr charles s fox professor emeritus of romance languages who resigned as head of the department last no vember lieutenant colonel joseph s leonard u s a was named pro fessor and head of the department of military science and tactics re placing major james o green jr u s a who has been transferred to army duty in panama dr stanley j thomas professor of bacteriology will succeed dr hall as head of the department of biology frank c becker assistant professor of philosophy is to be chairman of the department of phil osophy dr donald m fraser as sistant professor of geology was appointed acting head of the depart ment of geology dr carothers named dr neil carothers professor of economics and dean of the college of business administration becomes macfarlane professor of economics other promotions were dr theodore t lafferty assis tant professor of education to be associate professor of education and macfarlane associate professor of philosophy dr paul l bayley associate professor of physics to be profes sor of physics dr charles r larkin assistant professor of physics to be asso ciate professor of physics dr warren w ewing associate professor of physical chemistry to be professor of physical chemistry dr gilbert e doan associate professor of physical metallurgy to be professor of metallurgy inge m lyse research associate professor of engineering materials to be professor of engineering ma terials cyril d jensen assistant profes sor of civil engineering to be asso ciate professor of civil engineering dr amos a ettinger acting as sociate professor of history to be associate professor of history dr t edgar shields director of music to be professor of music dr derrick h lehmer instruc tor in mathematics to be assistant professor of mathematics williams to fill position bradford williams 21 will serve as acting assistant professor of ge ology during the absence of dr benjamin l miller head of the de partment nicholas h heck 03 chief of the division of terrestial magnetism and seismology united states coast and geodetic survey was named non-resident lecturer on isos tasy and geodesy he succeeds dr william bowie who retired dr benjamin l miller head of the department of geology was granted a one semester leave of ab sence milton c stuart professor of experimental mechanical engin h r bosey reiter brown and white tuesday april 20 1937 vol xliv — no 44 350 hear recital by musical groups v j pazzetti to command lehigh rotc price — five cents board of trustees makes faculty changes adopt budget authorize chemistry wing thibault sings 22 numbers despite cough the brown and white 2 glee clubs combine to give concert baritone entertains 900 with varied program gives 4 encores recital concludes series dr h m ullmann retirement by the board of dr percy hughes trustees at its meeting member i intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh isetcs first