Brown and White Vol. 46 no. 13

              howard r reiter newspapers proclaimed false armistice the war is ended the quarantine is lifted thus did two pieces of joyful news burst over lehigh's campus 20 years ago yesterday acting on overseas news from the united press the newspapers published the fact that the armis tice was signed at 1 o'clock the news hit bethlehem and there was a bedlam of shouting newsboys bells whistles and joyful crying but it all proved false and the noise was sadly quieted when the true reports were made public however the influenza quaran tine which had been placed on le high was lifted that afternoon at 5 o'clock so there was more ex citement on the campus as those students who had not been induct ed into the student army training corps were free to find lodging in the city o photographic club plans 2 exhibits appropriation discussed at business meeting an arcadia appropriation of 100 was discussed plans for two major art exhibits were made and speakers for future meetings were announced at a meeting last night of the camera club in room 208 packard laboratory it was announced that represen tatives from the eastman kodak and agfa companies will speak at future meetings the talks will be on enlargements and christ mas cards the society is planning two art exhibits this year as in the case of last year's exhibit entrees will be received from any member of the student body and prizes will be awarded to winners several smaller exhibits and picture con tests will be held among members of the club at the meeting it was announced that members would submit prints to the epitome of campus scenes and student activity according to samuel grafton i e 41 the 30 members in the club will meet every two weeks during the present semester to make report council has investigated library material the special library committee of the engineering council will meet at 6:30 p m thursday in the faculty room cyril d jensen associate professor of civil engin eering chairman of the committee will preside representatives from all engin eering departments will be pre sent and report on the adequacy of material in the field of their re spective departments found in the library the committee was formed at the suggestion of president c c williams to ascertain whether en gineering departments had neces sary books available o congdon attends meeting of deans dean wray h congdon attend ed a meeting of the executive com mittee of the national association of college deans and advisers of men held thursday and friday at akron ohio the meeting was also attended by representatives of various col lege personnel services such as deans of women officials of stu dent health services and student union managers it was held to plan better cooperation between various campus personnel agen cies both through their national organizations and on the indivi dual campuses plans are being made for a more extensive roundtable discussion in april to be attended by represen tatives of college chaplains college y m c a.'s and y w c a.'s registrars admission officers col lege psychiatrists academic deans and other groups interested in the work of advising and counselling college students business club to pledge 9 francis b sayre editor speaks on progress 8 seniors 20 juniors pledged by scabbard and blade society hold initiation banquet eight senior and twenty junior students were pledged yesterday at drill by scabbard and blade national honorary military society major l c atwood of the nation al guard artillery will be guest speaker at the initiation banquet to be held wednesday nov 16 at the sun inn the society which was founded over 30 years ago at the univer sity of wisconsin has as its pur pose to defend american traditions and ideals promote the interest of the r o t c preserve and de velop the essential qualities of good and efficient officers and to spread intelligent information con cerning the military requirements of the united states 8 seniors — 20 juniors the officers who were pledged are seniors robert p mcquail bus john m mcnabb i e frank b ralston i e stuart n lewis m e george b rhein frank i e william irwin i e nelson r smith ch e and ash ley c worsley ch e juniors are alfred t cox c e richard s gowdy bus john berion ch e j joseph mcclus key bus clifford b heisler bus joseph b kelley bus franklin p glueck i e edward f dan enmiller bus warren g leonard i e harold j masem arts ambrose g delany c e otto v novig i e maynard l di amond arts gordon g loveland ch e robert f coleman bus preston f marshall i e adolf f haffenreffer bus terry schiff arts douglas c paul bus and clifford f lincoln jr met e o constitution draft to be discussed interdormitory council will meet tomorrow the interdormitory council will attempt to put through a final draft of a constitution similar to the in terfraternity council's when it meets at 7:30 p m tomorrow in the arcadia room drown hall a general discussion will be held prior to the adoption of the constitution by members of the council who are section chiefs cf dormitory sections there are 13 members in the newly-formed body seven from richards house five from taylor hall and one from price hall four committees to function in the council have been proposed they are social intramural pub lic relations and program in the constitution will be a plan where by officers of the body will be elected in may and take office the following year the president in every case must be a senior o probe monopolies o.d.k committee to make report tomorrow findings of a committee inves tigation of living group monopolies of officers will be reported by eric weiss e e 39 at a dinner to be held by omicron delta kappa senior honorary activities frater nity at 6:30 p m tomorrow at chi psi other members of the committee conducting the investigation are franc burnett i e 39 and alan grant i e 39 weiss announced at the meeting that a new faculty member may be added to the circle o to talk on flood control charles ryder 05 chief engin eer of the department of forests and waters of the state of pennsyl vania will give an illustrated lec ture on flood control at a meet ing of the student chapter of the american society of civil engin eers at 7:30 p m thursday in room 466 packard laboratory professor is interviewed over mutual network on football's past modern game better lehigh took to the air saturday noon when the glee club quartet and howard bosey reiter pro fessor of physical education broadcast over the mutual net work on the program collegiate review the quartet sang hail the col lege and the alma mater and reiter was interviewed by miss tippie taylor on football forty years ago as compared to to day when asked has football any educational value professor rei ter replied that a college is not purely a mind factory but exists to develop the entire person the stu dent not only learns the business of living but also the art of living he explained the origin of the overhand spiral pass which was first used by wesleyan against yale in 1906 asked whether he thought the cheering section and band had any effect on the players bosey said they symbolize enthu siasm and spirit that makes the team go in and fight applauds modern style reiter's reply as to whether he thought football today was more interesting and exciting than 40 years ago was yes because there is a better understanding of the rules a better audience and the game is played more in the open due to aerial passing bosey said that the greatest thrill of his playing days was when arthur poe of princeton kicked a field goal in the last 30 seconds of the yale-princeton game in 1899 giving princeton the point that won the game members of the quartet under the direction of t edgar shields director of music were h f jones eng 41 w.m henry bus 39 q r g keith arts 40 and w r pierpont arts 39 alpha kappa psi to tap at banquet on thursday alpha kappa psi honorary business society announced three seniors and six juniors as pledg ees at a meeting held last week at the theta delta chi house they will be pledged during a banquet at 6:30 thursday even ing at the beta theta pi house the following is a list of pie gees seniors william bernasco jr joseph boyle walter wells jun iors charles griffiths albert col lins willard thomas richard gowdy wallace watkins and clifford heisler george hurst jr robert j rose and robert p mcquail will speak at the banquet alpha kappa psi grew out of the business administration club in 1924 dr neil carothers and registrar george b curtis were among the charter members dean curtis is deputy counselor of the chapter the object of the society in addition to the discussion of current business topics is to fos ter integrity and high ideals among the business administration students lehigh freshmen rate high psychologically speaking 7 juniors 8 seniors are chosen by honorary m e - 1 e society club to redeem bonds fifteen mechanical and indus trial engineers were elected to pi tau sigma honorary m e and i e fraternity thursday night at a meeting of the organization in room 360 packard laboratory those men elected are gilbert m keller m e 39 donald r luster m e 40 wellington b eier i e 40 richard f clock m e 40 chester c baldwin i e 40 charles g myers m e 40 john w bliss m e 40 allen f jones m e 39 james f hollis ter m e 39 includes 6 industrials donald l devries i e 39 jack f lehrer i e 39 john m mcnabb i e 39 john u trus iow i e 39 wiliam m goodwin jr i e 39 and donald w mac feeters i e 40 the pledgees include eight in dustrial engineers and seven me chanical engineers there are nine active industrial engineers and eight active mechanical engineers in the society the pledgees will set a ratio of 17 i e.s to 15 m e.s the fraternity decided to draw bonds for redemption at the meet ing and discussed setting aside a certain amount each year for the maintenance and repair of the lounge in packard laboratory group may start new organization students discuss plans for demolay club a meeting to discuss prospects of forming a demolay club at le high was held thursday night in the arcadia room of drown hall the meeting which was attended by 17 students was called by j robert witmeyer ch e 40 who is a past master councilor in the bethlehem chapter of the order of demolay international frater nal organization two committees were appointed one to draw up a constitution and by-laws the other to assist in forming a membership faculty permission for the club will be sought this week two faculty members charles w simmons associate professor of chemical engineering and stan ley s seyfert professor of and di rector of the curriculum in elec trical engineering were present at the meeting o will read dramas faculty club to present 3 one-act plays three one-act plays will be read at the meeting of the faculty dra matic club wednesday evening in packard laboratory room 201-251 in charge of the meeting will be the misses muriel l kemp assis tant cataloguer jean e riegel and myrtle l helms library desk at tendants a a milne's wurtzel flum mery the first play to be read will be followed by the constant lover by j h steenhow and beauty and the jacobin by booth tarkington o astronomical society to hold informal meeting william carson ch e 40 will preside at an informal meeting of the e w astronomical society to be held in room 353 packard lab oratory a special invitation to at tend is extended to all freshmen ralph van vrnam instructor in mathematics and astronomy will speak on the purpose and aims of this society carson will speak on tle terminology used in astronomy sayre observatory will be open on wednesday at 7:45 p m acheson calls democracy the solution to social problems of today democracy is the best solution to current social and political problems said barclay acheson associate editor of the reader's digest to an audience friday ev ening in packard auditorium acheson was brought to bethle hem through the combined efforts of the university and the bethle hem chapter of the american as sociation of university women he was introduced by president c c williams expressing little sympathy for prophets of gloom or philosophies of despair acheson drew from his wide experience in world affairs to put across his point educated in america he has been a member of the faculty of the american university in bierut syria a re lief worker in the near east and a member of the refugee settle ment commission of the league of nations he was also in charge of the field organization of the china famine fund hold dinner at hotel before the lecture mr acheson was the guest of honor at a dinner at the hotel bethlehem attended by representatives of the univer sity the bethlehem chapter of the a a u w and the bethle hem chamber of commerce representing the university were president and mrs c c wil liams and registrar and mrs george b curtis the a a u w was represented by mrs f e weinland president of the beth lehme chapter mr weinland and mr and mrs m w lautz representing the chamber of commerce were president and mrs r r hauser secretary and mrs h k trend mr and mrs r s taylor dean a g rau of mor avian college o football officials to give banquet arrangements for a banquet to be addressed by walter r okeson university treasurer were made recently at a meeting of the eastern pennsylvania football officials association at the banquet which will be held nov 22 in the hotel easton addresses will be given by such outstanding football authorities as asa bushnell princeton eastern intercollegiate commissioner ja mes b keyes delaware commis sioner for the smaller colleges of the middle atlantic states how ard bosey reiter of lehigh and dr frank maguire president of the eastern pennsylvania officials association this group will meet with oke son chairman of the national football rules committee on tuesday 15 to discuss rules and for an explanation of outstanding plays of the previous saturday o to discuss zionist views jerome ganz graduate student in chemistry will speak on the zionist viewpoint in palestine at a meeting of the cosmopolitan club to be held at 7:30 p m thursday in drown hall williams announces choice at monthly faculty meeting yesterday approve new quiz plan francis b sayre assistant sec retary of state will be the speaker at commencement june 13 presi dent c c williams told the mon thly faculty meeting yesterday mr sayre whose father robert h sayre was a member of the first board of trustees of the uni versity and the donor of sayre ob servatory has held his present position since appointment in 1933 by president roosevelt he was born in bethlehem in 1885 he has been active in the affairs of foreign governments as well as that of the uniter states he ac cepted the post of adviser on for eign affairs to the siamese govern ment from 1923 to 1925 was a member of parliament for siam in 1925 and jurisconsult to the si amese minister of foreign affairs from 1925 to 1930 mr sayre holds 10 decorations by foreign governments among them are the legion of honor cross of france and the order of the white elephant siam taught law at harvard he taught law at harvard uni versity and williams college and was a lecturer at the university of southern california following graduation from har vard university in 1912 he joined the offices of the assistant district attorney in new york county la ter he was assistant to the pres ident and an instructor in govern ment at williams he then went to his duties in siam and returned in 1929 as director of the harvard institute of criminal law in 1933 he was appointed commissioner of correction for massachusetts and later that year went to washington for his present position he is a member representing siam of the permanent interna tional court at the hague he is also a member of phi beta kappa and sigma phi he married president woodrow wilsons daughter jessie at the white house in 1913 and has three children francis eleanor and woodrow faculty approves rally during the meeting the faculty approved by motion arcaria's pe tition to hold a flagpole meeting some thursday morning in may the date being as yet undecided also approved was the system of quizzes for freshmen engineers this plan calls for the early an nouncement of certain major hour quizzes at a time early enough to permit exclusive dates and avoid the cramming of tests into a short space of time the list of quizzes has already been announced university editor george b curtis announced that copies of the university register will be given to department heads for checking and revision this week the final registers will not be available until march he said deans give reports dean philip m palmer of the college of arts and science offi cially announced the formation last month of the advisory coun cil to that college this council came as the result of the curricu lum conferences with the alumni of the college last alumni day dr bradley stoughton dean of the college of engineering an nounced the publication during october of six works by members of the faculty of his department o schulz writes pamphlet on power of the states dr ernst b schulz associate professor of political science is the author of an article which has just been published by the univer sity as one of its series of research periodicals the pamphlet which is reprint ed from the michigan law review for january 1938 deals with the effect of the contract clause and the fourteenth amendment on the power of the states to control municipal corporations is 8.2 which is 167 on the grs basis the lowest was 2.2 on the average a lehigh man has a per centile advantage of from twenty to thirty over the national average not held against you the results of these tests are not used in any way to determine a student's grades or placement in courses said prof ford the english and chemistry course placements were wholly deter mined by the examinations in these subjects conducted during freshman week in the english course one-third of the arts fresh men placed in the highest english 3a as against approximately 18 percent of the engineers and 2 percent of the businessmen students having a percentile rating of 95 or over have only one chance in two hundred of flunk ing out while those with a rating of 5 or less have one chance in 2 professor ford also said that there was no record of any student with a percentile below 5 who made an a average in his grades for a se mester south ranks low in general the lowest ranking colleges and universities are sou thern the middles ones western and the highest rankers the east ern and northeastern schools tea chers colleges strangely enough are for the most part among the low schools the selection standards accord ing to professor ford are increas ing slowly and only a few men were rejected this year who would have been taken last year for this reason the psychology test does not show a marked diff erence from former ones lehigh ranks about the same — in the highest group by william meikle did you know that the average lehigh freshman has one of the highest potential scholarship abil ities in the country that he rates above the average freshman in four out of every five colleges that lehigh's best freshmen are in the top group of the nation psy chologically speaking with the assistance of prof ad elbert ford head of the pyschol ogy department these facts were culled from the results of the tests given during freshman week to over 150 new students is was also found that lehigh grs gross raw score is 104 as compared to the grs of 90.91 for the nation as a whole in 1932 lehigh rated above 29 out 36 colleges participating in the test and according to prof ford our relative position has changed very little no i-q quiz this the pyschology test is not as many students think an intelli gence test nor does it accurately foretell the student's marks it is a measure of potential general scholarship ability and capacity and makes no allowances for a failure to do work and pay atten tion in classes the best student in the test can be flunked out as eas ily as the one making the poorest mark it has happened in past years the lehigh score is based on an average of 5.0 which is a 50 on the percentile scale the percentile score is figured according to posi tion a 65 percentile means the scorer was above 65 out of every 100 students the grs is com puted according to the total marks made in the six tests given this year the highest mark this year vol xlvi no 13 talks on program bethlehem pa tuesday november 8 1938 commencement speaker price — five cents 20 years ago quartet sings reiter speaks at broadcast pi tau sigma to pledge 15 on thursday brown and white military group taps 28 men at drill period francis sayre will give talk at graduation member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first