Brown and White Vol. 61 no. 24

              arcadia heard dr e katevneth smiß©y ?*«•¦ pjesid'ent of the uni sisiry discuss the latest developments in the preparation of new drafl legislation heard a plan for the enlistment of students in interesting prospective freshmen to come to lehigsh and voted to request thai lamberton hall be open for breakfast during the m*t days of the examination period the meeting was held wednesday evening in dionw hall dr smiley emphasised that he jo juiod aue t(et oj ei»i iou sba view but suggested that those students contemplating enlisting consider that in time of national emergency the period of enlist ment frequently canno-t be re spected under universal military service which he felt has many influential supporters the chances of being released at the agreed time would be much greater than under the volunteer system dr smiley recently attended c meeting of the association oi american colleges he described two resolutions made by thai body that at the end of the aca demic year the student whose in duclion had been postponed unii that time should be permitted k enlist in whatever branch of ser vice he may choose and that af er basic training under universal service qualified men be award ed furloughs for educational pur poses he warned that these are onl unofficial recommendations anc must be regarded as such the vice president predict ed that fanien and seniors may find their status improv ed shortly since representa tive of education have ad chest needs pledged $ $ by monday i deadline ior honoring campus f]h3si pledges is jan 15 chaif tnan bob bond announced wed nesday a large percentage of men who pledged support during the drive in october have since backed out he said of 1000 { ledged only 400 was collected bn ithe first two pledge-honoring days nov 15 and dec 15 he pointed out !' weil close the books after jan 15 bond said and we urge everybody who signed a pledge for any of the three honoring dates to fulfill his pledge that day it's a mat ter of personal integrity and responsibility payment may be made to living roup collectors or to the arca a secretary draft data classifications and what they signify diplomas to be issued in february whitaker 800,000 in 50 gifts lehigh university received 827,214 in gifts and bequests dur ing 1950 john i kirkpatrick treasurer announced this week of this total 222,294 represented contributions to the university through the lehigh progress fund and 45,032 through gifts to the lehigh alumni fund largest contribution during the past year was 182,394 from the estate of david g kerr former steel executive of pittsburgh second largest bequest wasi 104,875 from the estate of jacob 1 b krause of quakertown contributions from members of the starkey family to the william paul and gertrude c starkey foundation to promote christian ity totaled 50,581 during the last year from the estate of asa packer founder of the university lehigh received 12,021 last year from the esiale of mrs alida r rich ards widow of the late president charles russ richards the en dowmenf was increased by an ad ditional { postponed induction enlist after june 24 1948 are giv en this classification also in cluded are those who have been called up for their phy sicals and have been defer red until june in order that see draft page 2 irammediately is another matter he may be deferred because of physical or scholastic reasons l-o this classification is re served for conscientious objectors who although not willing to light because of personal moral ot re ligious reasons are nevertheless willing to render service in any other way these persons are also apt to be called for active duty 1--ap persons with this classification have been giv en a period of grace it is a presietend whiteker has an nounced tftat approximately 100 february graduates will receive their diplomas ia jebruary rather than june as had previously been planned details of the ceremony will be announced later the change in plans resulted from numerous requests fey se niors that the administration issue them degrees due to the nrvcer laihrfy of he international aitua-j ! rion students expressed fear hat fhey may be called into the ser-i new lu songs sought in $$ contest [ in an endeavor to assist stu jißnts answering questions relat uno to selective service status mrown and white will publish a column answering individual kruestions submitted by the stu | j ts and faculty sources of in ! j^nation will be the local draft fpoard and the enlistment centers this area l * / phone call eft post card to the j&w office drown hall on any hhase of the dtaft will be wel comed following are elassitfica ions with an explanation of their ijieaning r 1-a any person with this clas iifio'ation is available for induc ion when he is needed to fill is draft board's quota he will be called up for his physical whether he will begin training ice before june when decrees are ordin issued at 4&e re w3*x gojwuencejcnen,t exercises under peacetime condi tiojos degrees re awarded pmjy j june commencement exetcises u*der this plan february graduates received a statement of proof of grad uation jtqin the bursar if their prospective employer re quires it pft3t card jwe been sani to jthe february graduates announc ing that jthftir wives may also ob itain diplomas rules approved by the tseinipr cla.ss pßbinejt w,edn l ea d»y are thftt a couple must haye been married one full semester and that applications be in by jan 20 graduates pf june and october wih register for their wives diplomas during spring semester registration composition many lehigh songs and march es now ijeing used are products of the successful song contests of 1932 and m&b such as victory march men of lehigh and lehigh's loyal sons all prize songs of the two contests man aged by the lehigh club were in corporated into the song book published in 1937 some specific rules that the co sponsors have adopted for their divisions are division i entries shall include see contest page 7 in order to expand the existing collection of lehigh songs and marches a new contest with cash awards ioialing 250 and a guar antee of publication for first prize compositions will open monday under sponsorship of the lehigh band and the lehigh club of new york inc anyone is eligi ble to enter running through april 30 the contest will be split into two di visions new lehigh song contri butions will be entered in divi sion i sponsored by the lehigh club division 11 sponsored by the band will be restricted to ori ginal march compositions first and second prizes of 75 and 50 will be awarded in each division a good original march which would be called the lehigh band march and would always be identified with the band in its appear ances on the football field is especially desired other aims of the contest are to stimulate interest in lehigh music among students and alumni and to encourage and reward talent in musical friday january 12 t 1951 bethlehem pa gipson is honored with oxford chair v&iiriie 61 — ftumber 24 vised the department of pe iense that the colleges would see arcadia page 8 selection of dr lawrence h qipson research professor of his torfr at lerhigfo university a har old vyvy h&ttiiamcyrtik prcfes 9&f orf aiwerioami history at oxfotd university england for one year starting in october was made knevfn here today announce merit orf she appointment of dr gipse-n was made thr6ugh the oxford university gazette today dr gipson the author of nu mero-us works in the field of american colonial history is cur rency engaged ift the preparation of the latter hali of his extensive series which bears ike overall nam oi the british empire be fore th american revolution when completed ii will cover the years between 1750 and 1775 and wil seek to briny into focus the pop dance to follow yale meet lehigh h-s*ttd«nf band fhe cowegiaum will entertain an ex pected 300 couples at the pop dance following the lehigh yale wrestling meet tomorrow night on the fop floor of grace halt the cfattcw will continue unfil 12r30 admission will cost 35 cents per couple this is the second in a series of dances the collegians tentative ly plan to hold a pop dance once a monfh after a sport ervertf sponsored by the lehigh marching band and under direc tion of bernell argyle e.p 53 the collegians will feature har vey muller bus 51 as the singer deadline set on petitions to arcadia petition blanks for aspiring candidates for arcadia are now available in the arcadia office according to jack wilson at cadia election committee man petitions should bo presented at the arcadia office tomorrow elections will be held from feb 28 to march i regulations concerning nominations require 30 sig natures on the petition each voter being able to sign only one petition in addition nominees must not be or scholastic probation fifteen nominees will be elect ed to arcadia by the hare sys tem of voting freshmen are also eligible for candidacy wilson urged aspiring candi dates to attend arcadia meetings in order to become familiar with activities and procedures lehigh university brown and white see gibson page 8 prof lawrence h gipson many complex and divergent de velopments within the british em pire during this twenty-five year period recipient of the loubat prise and the bancroft prize for distin guished writings in american his tory dr gipson will be granted a leave of absence from lehigh dur ing the 1951-1952 academic year smiley discusses draft legislation inside • • . about iniramurals 6 jottings on jobs j little man 2 & on other campuses 7 personals and comments 6 sports 4 $• vet deadline l veterans completing their un laflw^aduate studies in june 19 5 be able io progress to a duate course in september ro if they file requests with * administration be m graduation edwin s moles kyf adviser on veterans affairs ihas announced