Brown and White Vol. 45 no. 33

              nathan to talk about europe group chosen by c.c williams warren r roberts 209 students receive 3.00 last semester price — five cent german economist to tell of foreign situation on friday night roberts kerr to attend ball the military ball committee has announced that lieut general r l bullard pictured above will be a guest of honor at the consti tutional ball to be held saturday in the bethlehem armory general bullard is famous for his activities in france during the world war where he commanded the first division third corps and the second american army following the war gen bullard was assigned to command first corps area upon his retirement from the army he became presi dent of the national security so ciety for his war services gen eral bullard was awarded the distinguished service medal as well as various decorations by the allied nations intramurals to be held tomorrow evening in packard lab e.e team in first piace two intramural debates will be held at 7:30 p m tomorrow in packard auditorium the engi neering team in second place will battle to defend its position against the fourth ranking business b team the question to be debated is resolved that all the anthracite coal mines in pensylvania should be owned by the federal govern ment the members of the engineering team which will uphold the af firmative are s t lowry eng 41 and f n bahnson eng 41 the business b team is composed of b a smith bus 40 and h l sondheim bus 41 the second debate will be be tween the business a team in last place and the chemistry b team in sixth place the members of the former are f d pierce bus 40 and s margolis eng 41 the latter is composed of w e sawyer 111 ch e 40 and h w watkins eng 41 they will argue the neg ative judges for both debates will be zoltan b biro debating coach at fountain hill high school ken neth koch allentown attorney and j calvin callaghan director of debating team standings announced the standings of the intra mural debaters to date were announced by callaghan as follows team won lost stand'g e e 3 0 1.000 eng 3 1 750 arts 2 1 667 bus b 2 1 667 chem a 2 2 500 chem b 12 333 e e a 1 2 333 chem c 13 250 bus a 0 3 000 pelleas and melisande 9 will be presented by dramatists tickets are now on sale the dramatic workshop will produce pelleas and melisande a fantasy by morris maeterlinck on thursday evening march 10 in drown hall albert a rights instructor in english announced this morning barbara jacobs a graduate of wellesley college has been sel ected for the role oi melisande she has had three years experience with summer stock companies and during the past year has appeared on the beatrice fairfax program over station wor and the colum bia workshop productions on sun day evenings among the summer stock com panies she has been affiliated with are the sharon players sharon conn broadway players deer lake and at bar harbor me while active in the dramatic pro grams at wellesley miss jacobs took the part of portia in the merchant of venice will use stylized production in announcing this production rights stated that this is the first time a stylized type of production is being presented here this pro duction employs projected scenery primarily by taking photographic pictures of a model said rights students participating in this production and their roles are john b sabol arts 39 pelleas quentin r g keith arts 40 golaud byron r kelley arts 38 doctor and edwin h miller arts 40 arkel mrs william c mcdermott will portray the role of gene vie ye the production is under the direction of byron r kelley arts 38 tickets for the production are on sale at drown hall at 25 cents no more than 300 persons will be permitted to attend this production because of the condemnation of the building for public purposes which was passed last semester by the university jobs are offered by government brown addresses section d banquet dr otto nathan associate pro fessor of economics at the new york university graduate school will speak on the political and economic situation in europe at 8 p m friday in packard audi torium the lecture will be spon sored by the international rela tions club and will be open to the public dr nathan after attending the universities of wuersburg frei burg and munich and receiving doctorates in law and economics was associated with banks in lon don and brussels he then held various positions with the german government in the department of statistics at berlin and the treasury of the reich dr nathan was a member of the german delegation to the international economic conference of 1927 at geneva after lecturing in the united states at several universities and assisting president hoover's em ergency committee on employ ment he returned to germany shortly afterward he returned to the united states and became visiting lecturer at princeton uni versity he was next appointed a lecturer at new york university where he later became an associate professor team members selected for bee faculty students chosen as committee for sub-frosh day sub-freshman day will be held this year on saturday may 7 the following men were appointed by pres c c williams as a com mittee on arrangements dr wray h congdon director of admis sions chairman earl k smiley assistant director of admissions philip m palmer dean of the col lege of arts and sciences neil carothers dean of the college of business administration bradley stoughton dean of the college of engineering hale sutherland professor of civil engineering dr harry m ullmann professor of chemistry and chemical engi neering dr stanley s seyfert professor of electrical engineering dr charles c bidwell head of the department of physics fred v larkin professor of mechanical engineering howard eckfeldt professor of mining engineering beardslee is on committee dr claude g beardslee head of the department of moral and religious philosophy george b curtis registrar col nelson a keliogg director of athletics glen w harmeson assistant professor of physical education dale h gramley associate professor of journalism robert f herrick as sistant secretary of the alumni as sociation john w maxwell manager of the supply bureau james t bergen ch e 38 president of arcadia j palmer murphy arts 38 editor of the brown and white harry c mil bank i e 38 president of the senior class eugene b caller i e 39 president of the junior class alfred v bodine jr m e 40 president of the sophomore class wiliam w boyer eng 41 presi dent of the freshman class dean curtis announces increase of 33 men in honor ratings 7 have perfect grades two hundred and nine lehigh students received an average of 3.00 or better for the first semester announced g b curtis registrar yesterday this was an increase of 33 over the number of 3 aver rges of the first semester of last ear although there were no straight a averages among the freshmen a total of 7 sophomores juniors and seniors came through with perfect grades one more than in february of last year the highest ireshman grade 3.89 was made oy six men included in the 209 are 52 sen iors 52 juniors 53 sophomores and 52 freshmen senior class william b ayers arts 4.00 charles h hoffman e e 4.00 david g williams jr 4.00 byron r kelley arts 3.75 mal colm m simons chem 3.71 charles i glick ch e 3.71 vincent f acri phys 3.71 ralph f howe ch e 3.69 walter j schmidt ch e 3.69 james a weid enhammer m e 3.61 victor palestine arts 8.60 eugene h uhler i x 3.59 william a sheppard k m mt william f boucher arts 3.53 stanley c bunce chem 3.58 richard g phelps e m 3.53 elbertm mahla met e 3.53 william g hempcl jr bus 3.50 walter a ruschmeyer bus 3.50 edward m pollack i e 3.50 harvey p feigley arts 3.47 herbert l hilton jr bus 3.40 gerald j reilly arts 3.40 morris mindlin arts 3.40 wil liam p gottlieb bus 3.40 nunzio j pal ladino m e 3.39 william r graham e m 3.39 thomas f jacoby ch e 3.37 charles h titus e e 3.29 joseph i'armet chem 3.29 frank g smith ch e 3.25 donald b wheeler jr phys 3.21 herbert m wilson jr arts 3.20 douglas w edwards arts 3.20 albert s ogden phys 3.20 kenneth h scott arts 3.19 edwin f ottena ch e 3.18 george w getzoff bus 3.17 nathan spilberg arts 3.17 evans h stone bus 3.17 clifford allen bus 3.17 warren b woodrich c e 3.12 homer t mantis ch e 3.06 charles e brown arts 3.06 francis e carner arts 3.00 ewing m shoemaker i e 3.00 stanley p eysmann bus 3.00 vance p edwardes m e 3.00 john s hoppock i e 3.00 howard ('. shimer arts 3.00 ernest f mercer rus 3.00 eugene c fleming bus 3.00 junior class carl f brown arts 4.00 irving e lempert e e 4.00 frederick c moesel ch e 3.95 gilbert m keller m m 3 89 ernest e edwards bus 3.86 george e hurst jr bus 3.83 eric weiss k e 3.82 frank h burnett i e 3.72 wilson c hanline bus 3.67 edward v mcdonough bus 3.67 walter m uhler arts 3.60 robert p mrquail bus 3.57 john u truslow 1 continued on page lour sheridan praises team following 2 dances given 2 alumni perfect radio ' air track commercial planes test blind landing aid two alumni frank g kear jr 26 and harry diamond 25 have been instrumental in perfect ing a type of blind landing sys tem for airplanes that has been used successfully on the first blind landing of a commercial plane the system called air-track consists of three radio transmit ters one sends a radio course beam another a glide beam and the third a radio marker beacon in practice as the pilot passes the boundary of the airport at a known altitude the marker bea con signals his position what ever the weather the pilot eyes only on his instruments theoret ically lands his ship surely and safely on the runway system tested at pittsburgh the system tested recently at a pittsburgh airport with a penn sylvania-central airlines plane was developed by kear and dia mond in conjunction with gomer l davies of the washington in stitute of technology and w e jackson radio development chief of the bureau of air commerce kear is now connected with the washington institute of technol ogy while diamond is employed by the national bureau of stand ards air-track has been in the process of development for a per iod of ten years o tells of russian religion dr benjamin l miller head of the department of geology spoke on religion in russia last night at a meeting of the ministerial as sociation in the old moravian chapel all fourth naval district residents are eligible opportunities are now open for students in the naval marine and investigation departments of the government announced e robins morgan director of placements yesterday any student who is a resident of the fourth naval district con sisting of the states of new jersey pennsylvania and delaware may enter competition for a year's en rollment at the pensacola fla flying school students in chemistry biochem istry physics and metallurgy may apply for positions in the feder al bureau of investigation there are opportunities in the technical laboratories of that department for men who are interested in re search work if present legislation now pend ing in congress is enacted le high will be allowed to appoint one alternate for the position of 2nd lieutenant in the united states marine corps men with four years of honor standing in the r o t c will be eligible for appointment by president c c williams sigma phi epsilon and sigma nu entertain dances were held saturday ev ening by sigma nu and sigma phi epsilon social fraternities lou goodman's orchestra played for 250 people at the sigma nu dance with mrs w c dacey and mr and mrs vaughn converse acting as chaperons eighteen couples attended the sigma phi epsilon radio dance which was decorated in a surreal istic manner dr jacob l beaver professor of electrical engineering and mrs beaver were the chap erons honor guests to crown queen from group picked by majors auditor general warren r rob erts and adjutant general fred erick b kerr high ranking officials in pennsylvania's present admin istration will attend scabbard and blade's constitutional ball satur day evening at the national guard armory second and pros pect avenues this announcement was made yesterday by r r winters bus 38 chairman of the ball prior to the intermission of the ball each major of the lehigh military science and tactics fac ulty will select a girl from the floor who in his opinion is the queen bullard roberts may judge these girls escorted by the maj ors will parade through an arch of sabers to the stage where the queen will be chosen lieut general r l bullard auditor general w r roberts and lieut colonel j s leonard have been asked to serve as judges to select the queen the princess who is selected will then be crowned queen of the ball and will be given an honorary colonelcy in the scab bard and blade society the re maining contestants will be given honorary captaincies in scabbard and blade lost master of ceremonies cadet colonel melvin s lord ch e 38 will act as master of ceremonies during the selection and crowning of the queen cadet captain william f boucher arts 38 will direct the saber drill and the military for mation roberts who is a resident of bethlehem has long been assoc iated in the political activity in this vicinity first holding the of fice of recorder of deeds of north ampton county in 1906 he held this post until 1912 when he re tired and established an insurance and real estate business now known as woodring roberts and company in 1926 he returned to public life when he was elected as state senator from this district in 1936 he was elected to fill the post of auditor general which he now holds kerr is from the western part of the state and likewise has long been associated with political af fairs in the state rising to his present post in the fall of 1936 to hold trial to visit call plant dorm room drawings to come march 15-17 lowry 41 wins prize for presentation the evolution of clubs and tav erns was traced by sidney g brown professor of history at the annual banquet of section d taylor hall friday evening in the old sun inn william fine bus 38 president of the section acted as toastmaster stephen lowry eng 41 edward williams eng 41 jacques le roux eng 41 and robert halli gan eng 41 freshman members of the section spoke lowry was awarded a prize for the best pre sentation those present were charles ti tus e e 38 william fine bus 38 richard halligan ch e 39 robert halligan eng 41 irving lempert e e 39 brooks woods e e 40 herbert rasmussen ch e 40 brower ellis e e 39 sterling lippincott chem 40 charles dehuff e e 38 jacques leroux eng 41 harold wilson ch e 40 james feld mann i e 40 stephen lowry eng 41 richard foote ch e 40 albert raff ch e 39 ed ward williams eng 41 harry hammond eng phys 38 and william heimbach bus 40 group to meet moravian over station wcba lehigh has entered a radio spel ling bee sponsored by kappa phi kappa national education frater nity at muhlenberg college the bee will be held among the seven colleges in the lehigh valley in cluding lehigh lafayette mor avian theological seminary mor avian college and seminary for women cedar crest kutztown state teacher's college and muh lenberg college after competition last night the members of the lehigh team sel ected were donald r schoen arts 41 captain james w mannion eng 41 seymour margolis bus 41 c raymond kiefer arts 41 james k binder eng 41 donald b wheeler eng phys 38 hen ry t sondheim bus 41 and raymond h snyder c e 38 the first bee of the series be tween lehigh and moravian col lege for women will be broadcast at 7:30 p m march 7 from the studios of the station wcba allentown o d k contestants 1to remain in groups 40 high prep schools accept conference bid williams acts as head of survey commission coaches and captains speak at smoker arcadia student governing body held the first winter smoker in the past four years friday night at taylor gymnasium following the junior varsity basketball game with cornell william b clark ch e 38 chairman of the booster commit tee introduced the speakers they were paul r calvert coach of the varsity basketball team wil liam sheridan wrestling coach and the captains of the two teams carl c kohl jr bus 38 and richard bishop arts 39 coach sheridan commended the student body on the splendid fol lowing the wrestling team has ex perienced for many seasons and he also expressed the hope that all unsportsman-like comments and booing during the meets would cease we want the visit ing teams to leave lehigh with the feeling that they have been treated with respect billy as serted an announcement was made that the wrestling team will be given a royal send-off at union station thursday night march 10 when it leaves for the eastern in tercollegiate wrestling meet at cornell friday and saturday march 11 and 12 all juniors who submitted points for membership to om icron delta kappa senior hon orary activities fraternity are requested to remain in their living groups at 5:30 p m tomorrow announced president john s hoppock i e 38 two juniors will be tapped at that time initiation will be held at 6 15 p m in the arcadia room of drown hall the dinner meeting will be held afterwards in delta tau delta social fra ternity the annual drawing for dormitory rooms will be held this year as follows graduate students and juniors now in dorms — march 15 in faculty room of the alumni building sophomores and freshmen — march 16 in drown hall non dorm men — march 17 in drown hall the time for these drawings is 4 p m those students who wish to retain their present rooms for 1938-39 must file leases with advance payments of 10 each before noon of march 15 president c c williams served as chairman of a commission to make an educational survey of the university of delaware which has just completed its assignment the commission was created by the board of trustees of that in stitution the other members were f j kelly chief of the division of higher education in the office of education at washington and j g lipman dean of the college of agriculture at rutgers uni versity although invitations to the le high scholastic press conference to be held here saturday may 14 have been in the mails but one week 80 delegates from 40 high and preparatory schools have al ready indicated that they will at tend dale h gramley associate pro fessor of journalism announced that each of the schools will enter its paper in the contests court martial planned by law students a military court martial wil be held at 7 15 tomorrow evening in the armory by the senior class in military law it will be given in the form of a mock trial and a decision is to be rendered the purpose of the trial is to give the students an idea of how a military trial is conducted senior students will take the parts of the court personnel maj t c gerber assistant professor of military science and tactics will act as president of the court con sisting of nine members the trial is open to the public and no admission will be charged journalists will watch paper go to press the classes in journalism 18 history of american journalism and journalism 12 advanced re porting will tour the plant of the allentown morning call at mid night tomorrow the men will inspect the new plant which houses both the call and the chronicle and news and will see the presses in operation for thursday morning's paper faculty members who will ac company the group are dale h gramley associate professor of journalism kenneth k kost in structor in journalism and char les j moravec assistant in journ alism constitutional ball guest to be here saturday bethlehem pa tuesday march 1 1938 dean stoughton succumbs to offer of gum on trip miss jacobs to play role of melisande vol xlv no 33 teams to meet in 2 debates on anthracite brown and white free transportation for wives of passengers and free chewing gum during the trip offered by j one of the leading eastern air 1 lines proved sufficient to overcome the air resistance of bradley stoughton dean of the college of engineering as a result he will take a trip to the west in the near future quite confident that the chewing gum will offset any ill effects that air pockets may create , he will leave for cleveland by j plane in time to meet with the lehigh club of cleveland on march 17 he wil proceed in turn to chicago los angeles and san | francisco and will address the lehigh club of each city on march 18 23 26 respectively he expects to leave chicago early in the morning one day and to arrive at los angeles in the evening of the same day making the trip entirely by daylight in los angeles dean stoughton will also attend the western con gress of the american society for metals on march 21 where he will present papers on stainless steel and automobile alloy steels he expects to fly both out and back accompanied by mrs stoughton he refused however to divulge his favorite flavor of chewing gum all the lehigh iseu first member intercollegiate newspaper association z 612