Brown and White Vol. 46 no. 26

              radio delivers printed page individual names to be stamped on covers no two 1939 epitomes are going to be alike that's the promise of harold m bromo selser e e 40 editor in chief of the yearbook who an nounced yesterday that the annual is to be personalized by having each subscriber's name stamped in gold on the epitome he buys the names he added will make each book different even the most insignificant freshman or faculty member will be able to show the book to his friends with some share of pride and ownership better cooperation on the part of all students who must have pic tures taken as members of frater nities and other organizations was asked by selser during the past week some of the fellows have been so busy studying that they have not showed up for group pictures i would like to have each organiza tion represented 100 per cent in its epitome picture and coopera tion on the part of individuals is needed to bring this about dorm council drafts rules carothers outlines plan to relieve economic policy failures article is in this week the significance of the last election and its application to gov ernmental economic policies is dis cussed by dr neil carothers dean of the college of business admin istration in his article unscram ble the omelet which appeared sunday in this week magazine dr carothers points out that a discussion of economic issues in volves political aspects to the best of my belief he writes the present government of the united states has never adopted one single economic policy from solely social motives every policy has been adopted with the political motive present writing of the membership of the national congress he states that the men who have been re turned to congress are generally the men who have been voting ac cording to the merits of the ques tions before them there seems writes carothers to be no good reason why the whole congress should not work on this basis gives 8 suggestions in concluding his article he sug gests eight possible steps that con gress may take to relieve economic fallacies these are 1 repeal the thomas inflation amendment it gives the president powers that belong to congress 2 repeal that part of the de valuation act which permits fur ther devaluation that power also belongs to congress 3 repeal the silver purchase act it is an indefensible measure serving no useful purpose but evil 4 stop future appropriations for public works there is enough public debt now 5 stop new loans by the r f c it has been an excellent agency in many respects it should now devote itself to getting the money back when it can 6 return the administration of relief to state and local bodies gradually and as painlessly as may be possible 7 flatly reject all proposals for inflation scrip currency trick pen sions social credit and subsidies 8 consider no proposals at this time for further regulation 6f bus iness you cannot beat a horse in definitely and expect him to make any speed o beardslee to give talk dr claude g beardslee head of the department of moral and reli gious philosophy will give a talk on philosophy tomorrow night to the cedar crest college branch of alpha kappa alpha national hon orary philosophic fraternity to resume series feb 5 with schedule of 7 weekly programs dr shields is organist sunday afternoon's tone con cert featuring dr t edgar shields organ mrs ruth becker myers piano mrs elizabeth walmsley piano and the liberty high school glee club under miss marian graham's direction drew a larger audience than any other such programs this season with exception of that of the sym phony orchestra of the 175 people in the audience appoximately 25 were students the program was opened with a group of period numbers on the organ played by dr shields two works by pachelbel 1653-1706 a composer whose works had some influence on the compositions of johann sebastian bach tocatta in c and chorale durch adams fall ist ganz verderbt were fol lowed by a suite from bon duca by purcell 1658-1695 an english contemporary of bach a prelude by clerambault and a chorale by bach in dir ist freude concluded this group plays schumann selections mrs walmsley played three schumann selections dcs a bends aufschwung and in der nacht which were followed by the three selections of the glee club numbering more than 70 singers now let every tongue adore thee by bach aye ver um by mozart and in these delightful pleasant groves by purcell the concluding number played by dr shields and mrs meyers mendelsshon's g minor concer to was a brilliant climax to a very excellent program each of the performers played with a pol ished technique and a fine shad ing of feeling to hold 7 more concerts this series of concerts will be resumed for two months on feb 5 when a program of symphonic and operatic recordings selected by student request will be played on the capehart phonograph on feb 12 a trio consisting of alfred l trumpler m e 40 violin rich ard o marsten e m 41 flute and donald r schoen arts 41 piano wil play a program which will include several victor herbert selections a girl scout chorus will sing on fsb 26 when mrs ruth becker myers piano will again appear o stoughton to reminisce reminiscences will be the sub ject of a paper to be read by prof bradley stoughton dean of the college of engineering feb 3 at a meeting of the american society of metals at allentown constitution forwarded to all sections for their approval the interdormitory council at its meeting friday in drown hall drew up a final draft of their con stitution which will be sent back to all the sections of taylor hall richards house and price hall for approval included with the con stitution is a tentative budget for the year the council which was formed this year to promote social and in tramural functions and to foster cohesive cooperative relationships among dormitories instigated at their meeting a system of intra mural awards in the form of pla ques and trophies for dormitory student athletic teams considera tions for scholarship awards were also made according to president george albrecht bus 39 complain about ants among the accomplishments of the newly-formed council was a successful campaign already wag ed for the extermination of ants which for many years have been infesting the rooms and closets of the campus living quarters an unanimous complaint was presented recently to andrew w litzenberger superintendent of buildings and grounds who as serted he or the university knew knew nothing of the difficulty he said that requests of this or any other nature are welcome by his department an exterminator will be used he said and the ants got ten rid of without any discomfort to the students commencement speaker writes on trade francis b sayre assistant sec retary of state who will be the commencement speaker in june lists the gains on a world-wide front as america's trade program moves ahead in an article in the latest issue of the new york times sunday magazine the year 1938 witnessed two important and significant steps in the progress of the american trade program sayre said one was the signing last november of a trade agreement with the united kingdom and a second agreement with canada the other was the action taken in the closing days of the year by representatives of the american republics gathered at lima advocating the breaking down of high tariff walls sayre said that nations which are wise will adopt commercial policies which foster and promote international trade and thus further human welfare student forum will broadcast r kowalyshyn chosen to executive group of organization russell kowalyshyn arts 40 has been chosen to represent le high on the executive committee of the newly-formed collegiate student forum of the air j c callaghan instructor in english and speech announced last night plans for this forum the first broadcast of which will take place over station wcba in the latter part of february were made at a dinner meeting of the allentown branch of kappa psi kappa na tional honorary educational frater nity held thursday night at the hotel traylor in allentown the topic for this broadcast is co operative medicine the execu tive committee will decide on later topics 6 schools participating the forum is to be 45 minutes long of which 25 minutes will be devoted to prepared talks by stu dents on matters of local and cur rent interest and 20 minutes to a general discussion and questions from the floor two colleges will be represented at each forum with each college taking an opposing view of the topic and each college will have two speakers the broadcasts will be given at the colleges if facilities permit and it is almost certain that one at least will be given at lehigh the colleges participating in the forum are lehigh kutztown state teach ers college moravian college for men moravian college for wo men muhlenberg college and la fayette first issue of brown & white was published 45 years ago dorm boasts pair of hardy snow resistant polar bears co professor addresses wholesale dry goods institute session at hotel commodore speaking before the convention oi tne wholesale dry gooas lnsti lute this morning at the imoxei commodore in new york city iii mer c bratt associate proiessor oi economics discussed tne useful ness oi business iorecasting as his topic the speaker chose what should tne textile indus try jfian tor 1939 in discussing tne usefulness oi iorecasting dr bratt stated that a comprehension of the present problem provides the key to use iui iorecasting oi business trends a good definition oi it would be a formulation oi anticipations with uncanny judgment many business men recognize the stupi dity of much forecasting endea vor as they therefore resolve to steer clear of it the resolution is too extreme a negative position provides no adequate basis for making necessary decisions inventories is example dr bratt mentioned inventories as one of his examples he states that many business men keep their inventories low so as to hamper efficient operation after confidence has been shaken this is under stood as inadequate forecasting and damaging to the entrepeneur inventories are kept high in prosperity when prices are high but this is courting danger when prices increase from low levels it is often irrational to mention low inventories in forecasting the outlook for 1938 the speaker was optimistic in his opinions he cited that busi ness conditions are gradually im proving there is a cumulative upward movement which causes more employment which in turn provides for more purchasing power leading to increasing pro duction and this causes still more employment completing the cycle recovery since the beginning of the summer is one of the most rapid ones in the history of the country dr bratt included sev eral limitations to these above facts discusses future needs dr bratt went on to discuss the future needs of business saying in part it is better to study future needs rationally than to attempt to preserve the security of the past or present by agreements to maintain prices and to maintain proportionate production for all concerns regardless of technical efficiency failure to take proper risks can lead only to government con trol and mangement if a concern adds to its capital during depres sion it will be taking risks but it will be cheaper than adding capi tal during prosperity dr bratt then discussed future needs in closing the speaker stated that if private industry does not devote more attention to future needs it may be difficult to pre sent further usurpation of private functions by the government o electricals meet talk on circuit breakers given at hotel the american institute of elec trical engineers held a meeting friday evening at the hotel beth lehem the principal speaker at the meeting was d c prince chief engineer of the switchgear division of the general electric company philadelphia h e pearson of roller smith company bethlehem spoke of metal clad switchgear mr prince who is director and fellow on the a i e e spoke on modern circuit breakers he is the designer of the circuit break ers of the boulder dam lines his paper dealt with the theory and design of switchgear used here and abroad archie r miller associate pro fessor of electrical engineering acted as chairman of the meeting which was attended by faculty members of the electrical engin eering department and students other orchestra signed for interfraternity ball on feb 18 to cost council 550 the engagement of les brown's band as the second orchestra to play at the interfraternity ball on feb 18 at the hotel bethlehem at a cost of 550 was announced last night by milton h grannatt bus 39 president of the interfrater nity council the first band to be signed up was dick himber and his rhythmic pyramids orches tra the band was organized by brown at duke university a few years ago and for a time played under the name of the blue dev ils during the summer months he played at the wigwam at budd lake new jersey and recently the band was engaged at the essex house at the same place he has been playing in the green room of the hotel edison and is now on tour leader plays clarinet les brown himself plays the clarinet as well as directing his orchestra he has both male and female vocalists to render his hot versions of popular numbers the theme song of the band is the dance of the blue devils red-headed dick himber on the other hand who provides the sweet band for the interfraternity ball is generally acknowledged to have the most versatile hands of any orchestra leader in the busi ness today he is a dead shot with a rifle a billiard expert who holds two victories over champions a card and coin trick magician of rare ability and a violinist of mer it to mention but a few of his ac complishments . himber is 28 and has been making music professionally for over 14 years but it was only in the last five years that he has had a band of his own while playing on radio programs stage and screen shows and dance floors the nation over he has developed his distinctive rhythmic pyramids style by dropping his violin sec tion and substituting an original arrangement of the brass instru ments creates new dance the new dance music style con sists of a chord broken up into six different notes with each of him ber's six brass instruments playing one note in the chord with differ ent mutes after first trying it out with a few arrangements himber found the effect so popular that he uses it in all his orchestrations himber can do as much with a deck of cards as any of the fore most magicians of the day and his manipulations of coins are things at which to wonder and marvel in addition he has invented several magical effects which other expon ents of the alleged black art have adopted notable among which is his disappearing milk glass this effect consists of himber's show ing a glassful of milk which emp ties itself seemingly into empty space at his command himber is generally regarded as the king of theatrical performers who do ma gical tricks as a sideline among this select group are chester mor ris milton berle and joe rines himber's singer stuart allen is probable distinctive in the fact that he sings a melody the way it was written instead of vocally in terpreting it allen was originally a drummer when himber discov ered him in new york's swank versailles club since signing up with dick allen has laid aside the drumsticks for good o carothers will address annual canners congress dr neil carothers dean of the college of business administra tion will address the annual cong ress of the national canners asso ciation at a meeting monday his topic is research in industry senator pepper of florida and w j cameron an executive of general motors corporation will also speak at the meeting the present staff of the paper numbering 100 includes 71 men whose tack is the gathering and editing of news in place of anony mous and lengthy competitions for staff positions the brown and white man of today works to suc cessively higher positions through a system of written and practical examinations almost scientific in character no small amount of the progress made by the brown and white through the years may be credited to mechanical improvements in the field of publishing set by hand in a small printing shop the first issues were typical of days when the editors rushed to the shop on the morning of publi cation and dictated to the printer the news of the day even the news prepared in advance was written in long hand subject to the interpretation of the type-set ter now organized today the brown and white is organized into classes where ma terial is properly edited and copy continued on page four by charles f kalmbach forty-five years of service in giving all the lehigh news — first that is the record comple ted with this issue of the brown and white it was tuesday jan 16 1894 when the first four-column four page tabloid size issue was pub lished with painstaking effort af ter months of secret sessions the editor-in-chief in charge of the original staff of 14 was william c anderson 94 now an official of the pennsylvania power and light company at hawley pa the first business manager was elwood a grissinger 94 now deceased has larger staff on this tiny staff rested every task of preparing the early issue of the brown and white every duty from their soliciting of ad vertising to the gathering of news was their problem competitors for positions on the paper tried their skill in a year-round try-out articles signed with names rang ing from chrysanthemum to uncas bear witness to their eff orts packard lab experiment produces newspaper via air waves a series of experiments in pro ducing a printed newspaper from a radio-facsimile receiving set de veloped by rca is now being conducted in the radio room of packard laboratory under the supervision of henry c knutson assistant professor of electrical engineering in collaboration with station wor of newark n j the present apparatus which prints newspaper stories cartoons and pictures by a simple carbon paper process on cheap newsprint is the second set to be used at le high tests on the new equipment begun last saturday morning by professor knutson and his assist ants show a definite improvement over the apparatus used earlier in the semester lehigh pioneer in research the experiments at lehigh which is one of the first places to receive the new type set are im portant because bethlehem is on the fringe of the primary service area of wor the receiving set as well as the sending equipment was engineer ed and designed by ray g shank weiler 32 of the rca laborator ies shankweiler came to bethle hem from camden on friday to help professor knutson set up the set in his home for the first night's experimental printing working with professor knutson are paul brubaker 38 hubbel re search fellow in electrical engin eering and george klingaman 38 james ward packard research fel low in electrical engineering the apparatus was invented by c j young of the rca research de partment o general education students accepted 68 undergratluates sign for special work sixty-eight students of all clas ses have been accepted for enroll ment in the program self educa tion these students will receive let ters this week assigning them to one of the faculty members on the advisory council shortly after en rollment each advisee will be invi ted to an initial conference for dis cusion of his interests and prob lems this program in general educa tion is organized to give interested students the opportunity to do extra-curricular reading and dis cuss their intellectual problems in general with faculty friends it aims to give a student a broader interest and information the following men are enrolled in the program h l abbott j f belcher w f boore r button a b brown a clark a h conklin j l diamond m j eways a w foster s d gold stein w w goshorn j g ham ilton r a hammond r l hey niger c w holyoke t t jacobsen j m keonan w j meikle c steiner a tallaksen f l villa l r white k g williams w r wirths w p woodruffe q j witte w p bear w r clark b l hummel r c kelley w j wetherell f v hertzog a s mickley r b palmer c h rich ardson c t schrader r b sei gel k m manion w l clark e f johnson r f koenig r d marsden r l kirk j h colbaugh f d pierce r g steinhardt c steiner r g stern s weinrib h r davidson c r kiefer r r myers b altshuler c hartdegen s lowry j h mathewson w d shields j h bricker g e hes selbacher r b johnson b berk owitz r a hofstetter g w woelfel w weeks j j hursh d r schoen body dunking — a refreshingly new sport — was presented to le high and all its posterity at mid night friday when two students augmented their showers with a brief immersion in the fluffy snow that fell in the afternoon pioneers jesse o betterton jr eng 42 and edwin m markel bus 42 demonstrated the new sport to each other while perform ing their weekly abulitions when each was seized simultaneously with the idea that it was sissy to shower in the conventional man ner that the builders of richards house intended ed said jesse one buck of mine says that you will not leap from yon window as you are and roll in the snow also as you are you're on replied the sport ing markel and without more ado he sloshed his way to the window paused for a moment on the sill and stepped gracefully into the air to land not so grace fully on his posterior extremity once in the snow the fun began and markel had one glorious time squirming and wriggling about like a polar adam returning to the showers he found betterton awaiting him with the aforementioned dollar bill in his hand but the sporting markel refused to take it and re fused in no uncertain terms bet terton after considering the situa tion for a brief moment proceded to remove any embarrassment caused by him by markel's refu sal when throwing caution to the winds he stepped to the window and proceded to emulate markel succeeding he claimed that he had a better time in the snow than markel had or ever will have two schools of thought have al ready arisen over how the sport should be indulged in betterton claims that stepping from a hot shower into the snow is far su perior to markel's idea of stepping from a cold shower into the snow however the inventors of the sport are willing to leave that up to those willing to participate claiming that it is all a matter of taste following the demonstrations both boys toddled off to bed to pass a sneezeless night lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa tuesday january 17 1939 f sayre article in sunday times year books will all be different price — five cents vol xlvi no 26 no paper during exams dean writes on congress last election bratt speaks on forcasting by business with this issue the brown and white suspends publica tion for the semester the next publication date will be tues day feb 7 les brown's band paired with himber tone concert with glee club attracts 175 all the lehigh iseivs first member intercollegiate iseivspaper association z 612