Brown and White Vol. 46 no. 46

              number of cases greater than usual amount new trustee o d k issues point system for members plans being studied for sports arena captain dwight long the sopho more banquet speaker who sailed around the world in a 32 foot ketch idle hour was forced to navigate his small craft with 3 di fferent shipmates seeing no advantage in circling the globe via prosaic steamer lanes in 90 or 100 days he and his first crew set out from san francisco for honolulu this shipmate lasted as far as honolulu where he devel oped a case of appendicitis and had to leave the cruise at honolulu captain long was able to obtain the services of a 69 year old ex-postmaster who had sailed from san francisco to hon olulu on a steamer to comprise his sailing experience he lasted as far as tahiti which was a 3,300 mile voyage the bobbling of the boat was too much for him timi a 15 year old native tahi tan boy who had taken a part in the motion picture mutiny on the bounty was the next and last mate who sailed in the idle hour captain long and timi had great difficulty getting along at first be cause timi didn't know a word of english however he soon caught on and was invaluable to long when he was overcome with jaun dice on the way to singapore timi sailed the little craft with no as sistance for 36 hours an achieve ment for one having previously known nothing about sailing pneumnoia over took timi at ceylon and his death almost meant the end of the trip for cap tain long only his courage made him finish the trip which was half completed in sailing 6000 miles from eng land where he wrote and publish ed a story of his adventures sail ing all seas in the idle hour he covered one third of the distance howard hughes covered in his trip around the world the banquet is scheduled for 6:45 p m on monday and tickets are on sale in drown hall and in the various living groups at 1.00 each a a riemondy ch e 39 is chairman of the committee peace meeting is scheduled there are more than the usual number of cases of trench mouth among the members of the student body it was announced in a state ment made yesterday by dr ray mond c bull director of the uni versity health service dr bull and dr thomas head of the depart ment of biology which department has ben making the blood tests for the disease would not make any statement in time for this issue re garding the actual number of cases detected or under treatment dr bull stated that rumors con cerning a major trench mouth epi demic on the campus are exagger ated he warned that eating groups should be careful of the cleanliness of silver and glassware the symptoms of the disease ac cording to dr budd are bleeding gums followed in some cases by soreness of the gums he asked that all such cases be reported to the dispensary for testing and im mediate treatment john kennedy to speak here alan craig dodson pi belt taps 9 journalists press meeting planned here 500 delegates from high school newspapers expected may 13 a demonstration business meet ing planned to show how school publications should be managed will be a feature at the round table discussions of business problems of publications at the 6th annual le high scholastic press conference to be held on the campus saturday may 13 according to dale h gramley associate professor of journalism this session to be held in the afternoon will be attended by ap proximately 50 business men and advertising solicitors from high school and preparatory school pub lications kenneth k kost faculty advisor to the business staff of the brown and white is supervising plans for the model business session this year's round table conference is a departure from the usual proced ure of four or five speeches usual ly presented by lehigh publication staff members rheinf rank to preside george b rheinfrank i e 39 business manager of the brown and white will preside while will iam w brown ch e 40 circula tion manager of the brown and white will discuss methods of se curing and handling circulation local advertising will be the subject of a talk by john h math ewson ch e 41 local advertising manager of the brown and white while walace p watkins bus 40 financial manager of the brown and white will discuss bill pay ments and collections other problems to be discussed include advertising layouts special pages and sales campaigns ar rangements are being completed for over 500 expected delegates to make a tour of the campus inspec ting among other things the radio news facsimile receiving set there will also be an exhibit of high school and preparatory school pub lications ,, — — o 1 — ettinger named director of valley torch club dr amos a ettinger associate professor of history was recently elected one of the three new direc tors of the torch club of lehigh valley the club is composed of men prominent in their respective fields in education moravian college for women moravian college for men cedar crest muhlenberg and le high have representatives who are members of the club benjamin a miller head of the department of geology paul l bayley professor of physics and george d harmon associate pro fessor of history and government are among the lehigh members of the club 7 juniors 2 seniors to be initiated before spring banquet thursday seven juniors and two seniors holding positions on recognized campus publications were tapped into membership of pi delta epsi lon national honorary collegiate journalism fraternity last night announced eric weiss e e 39 president of the lehigh chapter the initiation ceremonies will take place at 5 45 o'clock thursday evening at the alpha chi rho fra ternity house prior to the annual spring banquet david j walsh sports editor of the philadelphia record and former sports editor of the international news service will be the guest speaker at this occasion list of men tapped the nine publications men tap ped last night were joseph b boyle bus 39 editor in chief of the lehigh review willard his tand m e 39 sports editor of the brown and white carl r fittkau arts 40 makeup editor of the brown and white and editorial manager of the freshman hand book donald denison i e 40 adver tising manager of the lehigh re view richard s gowdy bus 40 art editor of the lehigh review william s brown bus 40 circu lation manager of the brown and white george b motheral bus 40 copy supervisor of the brown and white robert c muir bus 40 former news editor of the brown and white and a member of the lehigh review contributing board and john h mathewson ch e 40 local advertising mana ger of the brown and white guests invited to attend the ban quet include glen w harmeson director of athletics charles r reilly sports editor of the easton express joseph mccarron sports editor of the allentown morning call and fred s nonnemaker sports editor of the bethlehem globe-times plans for the banquet have been completed by a committe consist ing of russell e stevens ch e 39 wallace p watkins bus 40 eric weiss e e 39 charles j moravec assistant university news editor in charge of sports publicity and thrasher t gray arts 39 o curtis attends convention of college registrars george b curtis registrar is at tending the national conventiori of college registrars being held today and tomorrow at the hotel com modore in new york last saturday mr curtis atten ded a session of the executive committee of the eastern associa tion of college deans and regis trars he also attended the annual spring meeting of the new jersey and pennsylvania division of the same association will address anthracite conference at hotel bethlehem friday john b kennedy columnist editor and radio commentator will speak at a banquet of the second annual anthracite conference fri day evening in the hotel bethle hem announced president c c williams yesterday dr williams also stated that the meeting will be presided over by frank w earnest jr president of anthracite industries inc and that the conferees will also be addressed by ralph e weeks president of the interna tional correspondence schools and newly elected president of the pennsylvania chamber of com merce and alan c dodson presi dent of weston-dodson and com pany and an alumnus and member of the board of trustees of lehigh university the conference will be held for two days friday and sat urday was editor of colliers a former editor of collier's mag azine mr kennedy has had wide experience in newspaper and mag azine work he-has done newspa per work in london montreal toronto st louis chicago and new york besides being a world war correspondent in europe an assistant to herbert hoover in his post-war relief work ken nedy has been declared the star of morroco by france and is a knight of leopold of belgium as well as a decorated officer of the french academy he came to the united states in 1909 after a preparatory education in canada and england and he graduated from the univer sity of st louis in 1919 majoring in philosophy professor howard eckfeldt head of the department of mining who is chairman on arrangements for the conference predicted that the papers presented at this meeting will mark a new high in the tech nological advances in the study of hard coal mining alan c dodson is president of one of the best known hard coal producing companies and is widely known for his progressive mer chandizing methods ralph e weeks in addition to being the president of the largest university in the world has found time to devote himself to many progressive business and civic en terprizes in the eastern pennsyl vania area he is president of the ralph e weeks company of scran ton and it was largely through his active interest and effort that the recent successful anthracite boos ters drive was completed o observatory open for all students tomorrow a series of open nights in sayre observatory will be sponsored by the e w brown astronomy club these meetings will begin tomor row evening at 9 o'clock and will continue every wednesday weather permitting for the rest of the semester takes place tomorrow in packard lab ; talks slated can the united states help to prevent a world war will be dis cussed at a student peace meeting to be held 8 p m tomorrow in room 416 packard laboratory dr amos a ettinger associate professor of history howard j ewis arts 40 raphael g scobli onko arts 39 and norman l morse ch e 40 will discuss this topic in a series of 7 minute talks they will discuss both the collec tive security plan favoring a pact of democracies including the united states to take action against aggressors and also the isolationist policy discussion to follow after the speeches there will be a discussion of the topic the meet ing is open to all students and they will be permitted to ask questions or give their views if they wish to do so following the discussion ac tion will be taken on any resolu tions that are submitted these res olutions must be in writing howard j lewis arts 40 is assisting scoblionko on the com mittee members of the faculty as sisting them are dr claude g beardslee head of the department of moral and religious philosophy and hale sutherland head of the department of civil engineering — o 100 hear speer talk at vespers audience includes less than 10 students approximately 100 persons less than ten of whom were lehigh students heard dr robert e speer secretary of the presbyter ian board of foreign missions for 46 years at the vesper services sunday in packer memorial chap el included in the order of service were selections by the university glee club an organ prelude by dr t edgar shields and a vocal solo by elbert m mahla 38 claude g beardslee professor of moral and religious philosophy and univer sity chaplain presided while the reverend roscoe t foust read the scripture lesson and bishop paul deschweinitz gave the benediction dr speer who has written some 30 books dealing with social and religious subjects spoke on the influence of jesus christ and dealt principally with the problems of christianity in the modern world __ o pi mv epsilon to meet pi mv epsilon honorary mathe matics society will hold a meeting at 7:45 oclock wednesday even ing at the home of dr tomlinson fort head of the department of mathematics alan dodson 00 elected to board of trustees filling vacancy action taken last week president will investigate costs of construction for new building president c c williams was au thorized by the board of trustees at its meeting last friday to pro ceed with a more detailed study of plans and cost of a combined sports arena and armory no definite ac tion has been taken however to insure its being built this year the board also elected alan craig dodson 00 president of weston dodson co a member at its meting mr dodson will fill the vacancy caused by the death of howard h mcclinitic of pitts burgh in his list of reason why such a building is needed president will iams said that the building will provide a suitable hall for varsity dances for which now adequate space is not available in bethlehem or vicinity to provide for sports he also said the it will provide accomodation for the principal in door intercollegiate sports such as basketball and wrestling which are growing in popularity to such an extent that the present seating capacity is wholly inadequate and certain other minor sports the building is also intended to fill the present need of a hall large enough to hold r o t c drills it is to consist of a stadium capable of seating 3600 people a large room for dances and drills a rifle range squash and handball courts and band and orchestra rooms the stadium wil be useful for univer sity convocations commencements and symphony concerts may reclaim armory if the building is constructed it will be possible to reclaim the armory as a university commons for which it was originally design ed and for what it is now greatly needed the proposed building is intend ed to supplement rather than re place taylor gymnasium the probable location will be south of taylor gymnasium between the upper field and grant street which will provide an pvrrme of approach for automobiles actual construc tion depends on the future actions of the board of trustees and the alumni association scott promoted at the board meeting dr fred erick a scott instructor in phy sics was promoted to assistant professor of physics and william jay turner member of the board of trustees was appointed a mem ber of the executive committee of the board other building recommendations of the president were an engineer ing building to house civil engin eering a health center but not a complete infirmary and another dormitory unit similar to the rich ards house o fills staff posts denison adds to review advertising board donald g denison i e 40 ad vertising manager of the lehigh review anounced monday night the appointment of two new mem bers to the advertising board these are john d wooters jr bus 41 and frank e smith eng 42 the two students have been competing for the board since the first semester began last fall they are chosen by virtue of advertising which they solicited five more applicants for the ad vertising board wil be judged in the same manner after the publi cation of the may issue eligible for appointment are jonas silver berg bus 41 gene a marusi eng 42 leonard h miller eng 42 james a gordon bus 42 and albert r tucker eng 42 these students have been in competition since the beginning of this semes ter candidates requested to submit points before friday night hurst to take charge in preparation for the election meeting of omicron delta kappa senior activities fraternity to be held at 6 p m sunday evening at the home of dean bradley stough ton of the college of engineering edward hurst jr bus 39 issued the following point system as the basis for selection of new members from the present junior class can didates are requested to submit their points to hurst at the phi delta theta house not later than friday evening april 28 the point list is as follows a general rules 1 character shall be the primary re quirement for membership in this frater nity but no person shall be elegible for active membership until he has been in residence in lehigh university at least one year and if a student has completed not more than five semesters has junior stand ing and has a scholastic average equal or better than the undergraduate average in lehigh university in the collegiate year pre vious to his application the university average for the collegiate year was 1.92 all applicants must submit their five semester average along with their points 2 the membership in the circle shall in clude 12 men or more two of whom are to be elected in february of each year from the junior class the remainder to be elect ed in may from the junior class this num ber does not include any men who were active members during the previous year and are returning for a fifth year 3 subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 the election will be based strictly on the point system ; i.e those men in college who have earned the highest number of points shall be eligible to election ; provided that no man shall be eligible unless his points include at least a definite number outside his major group 4 the election of any man having the necessary points can only be prevented by two-thirds majority of all members present 5 the membership of the circle shall in clude in addition to the students a small number of faculty and administrative mem bers elected on the basis of conspicuous service to lehigh each year four of this group shall be listed as active members with power to vote b point system group i — scholarship 3.5 average 5 sem 15 3.0 average 5 sem 12 2.5 average 5 sem 8 2.0 average 5 sem 2 w a wilbur scholar 8 tau beta pi 2 alpha kappa psi 2 eta kappa nu i alpha epsilon delta ) 1 robert blake sooiety 1 eta sigma phi i intern relations club 1 newtonian society 1 phi eta sigma 1 pi mv epsilon 1 pi tau sigma 1 scholastic prize l group ii — publications brown and white financial manager 5 editorial manager 6 news manager 5 circulation manager 3 editor in chief s business manager , 8 copy supervisor l editorial council g local advertising assistant 4 make up editor per sem 3 news editor per sem 8 photo editor per sem 3 sports editor per sem 8 national adv assistant 1 assistant circulation manager 1 pi delta epsilon membership l president 1 review editor in chief „ 6 business manager 0 assistant editor 8 advertising manager 8 financial manager 8 photographic editor 8 art editor 4 managing secretary % associate editor l board 2 circulation manager 2 handbook chairman of the board 2 business manager l editorial manager l epitome editor in chief 8 business manager 7 art editor 6 assistant business manager 4 junior editorial members 3 junior business staff members 8 photographic editor 2 senior section editor 2 group mm — social leaders class officers pres senior class 6 continued on page four arcadia to prohibit use of placards during office campaign topublish qualifications regulations for the annual gen eral election of student officers to be held may 3 were announced last night by the arcadia elections committee changes in the regulations in clude the probihition of the use of placards a requirement that all candidates for class officers submit a list of their qualifications to be printed in the brown and white and provision for the election of an arcadia representative at large the regulations announced are 1 there shall be a general election in which the class officers cheer leaders ar cadia member at large and town council president shall be elected 2 there shall be a period extending from april 25 until 0 p in monday may 1 for nominations and registration of candidates printed forms lor nominations and registra tions of candidates will be available in drown hall 3 all elected men shall be chosen by a majority vote according to the ware pre ferential system 4 all men nominated in class elections will be competing for office of class pres ident the nominee receiving the majority of votes shall be the class president the office of secretary-treasurer shall be filled by the runner-up candidate chosen from among those remaining after president is elected 5 each nominee for class office shall have exactly ten men to sponsor and campaign lor him 6 this group of sponsors shall be chosen from the nominee's respective class and only one may be from each living group not more than four of the sponsors may be from any one of the following groups men pledged to fraternities or fraternity members not living in their houses sholl be consid ered fraternity members 1 alpha tau omega beta theta pi chi phi chi psi delta tau delta phi delta theta 2 phi gamma delta sigma nu theta delta chi delta phi psi upsilon sigma phi 3 alpha chi rho beta kappa kappa sigma pi kappa alpha sigma chi sigma phi epsilon 4 theta xi lambda chi alpha theta kappa phi delta sigma phi delta upsiloii 5 sigma alpha mv pi lambda phi tau delta phi alpha akppa pi kappa alpha phi sigma kappa 6 taylor hall price hall 7 richards house 8 town groups a leonard hall — c — j 9 town groups d — e — f 10 town groups q — h — k 11 town groups b — l — m allentown t;roup 7 combines are legal ( 8 nominees and their sponsors cannot resign after being once nominated each sponsor shall vote for all candidates in or der of his preference but the sponsor must cast his first choice for the candidate he is sponsoring y during the registration period names of the candidates must be presented by the sponsors in the arcadia office in drown hall on printed forms which will be avail able each candidate must submit a list of his sponsors and also a detailed record of his extra-curricular and scholastic activities this record will be made public in the may 2 issue of the brown and white 10 there shall be no restriction as to the number of candidates 11 general election will be held on wed nesday may 3 in drown hall polls will open at 8 a m and close at 6 a m 12 all ballots must be signed by voter.s no unsigned ballots will be counted 13 the election committee ahull turn bal lot boxes over to dr beardslee who with a faculty assistant chosen by him und with one member of each of the three student governing bodies assisting him will count and record the votes j3 results will be published in the may 5 issue of the brown and white 14 the member at large to arcadia cab inet will be elected he must be a junior and submit to arcadia a petition listing his campus activities and hie qualifications for office at a special meeting of arcadia two days before election six candidates will be chosen at least one from each of the three living groups and their names will appear on the ballots the next day tlie candidates must not know of the selection until polls open if an arcadia member submits a peti tion he will not be allowed to attend the special meeting the entire student body with the exception of seniors will vote pre ferentially for each candidate 15 there will be no campaigning in drown hall and the use of placards on the campus or in any university building is prohibited the committee urges that every voter consider carefully the qualifications of all candidates the committee further feels that only through the election of men on the basis of ability rather than social or politi cal affiliation can student government con tinue to function successfully bethlehem pa tuesday april 25 1939 vol xlvi — no 46 report increase in trench mouth price — five cents lehigh university brown and white soph banquet speaker uses 3 mates for world cruise election rules are announced by committee member intercollegiate newspaper association z 612 all the lehigh news first