Brown and White Vol. 62 no. 16

              naval ocs admits five lit students lehigh sludents art fogelman met 52 nolan goldberg bus arm 51 francis qiation bus adm 51 francis gratton bus and david thompson bus adm 51 have been accepted for the new naval officer candidate school starting in early june located at newport rhode is land the school will resemble the navy v-7 schools with classes of 300 students the course covers 4 months with new classes conven ing on the first week of every month reserve and regular navy candidates who successfully complete their courses at newpoirt will be appointed ensigns in the naval reserve and be ordered to active duly their active duty lasts 3 yeaxs and they must retain their reserve commissions for 8 years if unsuccessful they will revert to their original status successful civilian candidates will be enlisted in the naval re serve for four years eligibility is limited to men from the ages of 19 to 26 and ci vilians must hold a baccalaureate degree along with a 1-a 1-ap 1-d 2-a 2-c 3-a or 4-b classifi cation applications may be ob tained through the nearest offices of naval officer procurement best ever . . . n.y lehigh club to fete baltimore civic leader the l-in-life highest award of the lehigh club of new york will be conferred on w frank roberts baltimore industrialist and civic leader at the hotel commodore april 25 former chairman of the board and president of the standard gas equipment co of baltimore roberts has pre viously been cited by the maryland legislature and the baltimore community chest for exceptional public ser vice active in aviation industry general transportation and fi nance he is now general chair man of the central maryland en terprise council of the transpor tation association of america according to thomas m bren nan president of the lehigh club over 2,800 alumni in the greater new york area have been invited to the annual dinner which in the past two years has honored ray mond k stritzinger president of the continental baking company and theophil h mueller presi dent of julius kayser & co thela chi has best poster in hp contest theta chi won first prize in the traditional spring semester house party poster contest held last week according to bill smith publicity chairman of the ifc dance committee second prize in the judg ing went to alpha tau ome ga the prize winning poster will be put on exhibition in the library sometime prior to houseparty while the ato poster will be placed on the outdoor bulletin board be tween the library and christ mas-saucon hall some 20 posters were submitted by fraternity students three of them coming from theta chi the number one poster is three di mensional depicting the bottom of the ocean with a mermaid swimming about a treasure it was entered by cliff auchmoody lloyd painter and don koch judging was conducted by mem bers of the ifc dance commmit tee chaplain bean elected to vice-presidency of chaplain's association the rev george bean chap lain of lehigh university was elected vice-president and pro gram chairman for 1951-52 at the final business meeting of the na tional association of college and university chaplains when it met at the hampton institute hamp ton virginia april 17-19 the rev sidney loveit chap lain of yale university new ha ven conn was elected president and the rev h lamarr rice di rector of religious activities at temple university philadelphia was re-elected to the position of secretary-treasurer thomas a'becket with large cross portrayed by james gill argues with the soldiers in one of the opening scenes sfrom mustard and cheese's latest production murder in the cathedral which was presented in packer church sunday afternoon and evening tuesday april 24 1951 idc is foster parent adopts polish orphan bethlehem pa volume 62 — number 18 i.e k ika a 12-year-old polish war orphan has been adopted by lehigh's inierdormiiory council one of several campus organizations thai have adopted war orphans idc was notified that its peliiion had been granted and that it is now the foster parent of adam kazimierz smereka adam was orphaned at the age of eight months when his parents deported to a russian forced labor camp died of starvation and brutal treatment in december 1948 adam was brought to england where he was admitted to a colony supported by he foster parenis plan for war children he is now attending a po lish-english school where he is learning the two lan guages as well as the cus toms and traditions of his na tive poland his adoption is financial not legal the foster parent promises to contribute 15 monthly to wards the child's support cor respondence with the child is en couraged by the organization later adam will be allowed to decide whether to return to his own country or to make a new life elsewhere adam is described as a nice looking lad friendly with his fel lows but shy reserved and sen sitive he is a diligent pupil dis plays keen interest in his lessons and learns rapidly he is well mannered and well-behaved — and fond of reading adventure books idc's adam smereka 11 lehigh musicians to participate in weekend collegiate band festival arcadia asks tor petitions class officer candidates must have their petitions in the arca dia office no later than 4 p.m to morrow there will be no exten sion of this deadline there will be a meeting of all candidates in conference room 2 drown hall at 4:15 p.m tomorrow to arrange for wlrn and brown and white publicity and to dis cuss other phases of the elec tions candidates who will be unable to attend the meeting should contact art goldenberg or charles kuss of the election committee campaigning begins at 12:01 p.m on wednesday and all can didates are advised to respect the campaign rules copies of the rules may be obtained at the ar cadia office knox robert w moore donald r davis lee d peachey and john c tepper colleges and universities to be represented are bloomsburg bucknell carnegie tech clarion teachers dickinson drexel franklin and marshall gettys burg grove city indiana teach ers ku.'ztown teachers lebanon valley lafayette lock haven teachers lycoming mansfield teachers muhlenberg perm state slippery rock teachers susquehanna st vin cent temple pennsylvania pitts burgh west chester teachers and wilkes eleven lehigh bandsmen will be among the 117 college musi cians who were chosen to partici pate in the collegiate band festi val on friday and saturday dr william d revelli director of bands at the university of michigan will be guest conduc tor at the concert which will close the festival saturday night members of the lehigh band who were chosen from among 300 applicants are e ward cheney frank hoag ey dale kemmerer ralph k elliott donald l bowman william j kelley robert s m & c production true success see m&c page 7 with an audience composed largely of adults mustard and cheese gave the first dramatic production in many years in packer church as the group presented t s eliot's murder in the cathedral sun day afternoon and evening all indications were that the play was a true success after the afternoon's performance prof h b davis who directed the produc tion remarked that he had received more favorable comment for this play than any other mustard and cheese had ever done originally scheduled for the religious conference held here in march the production had to be postponed in order to use newly decorated pack er church the play was one of the first events to take place in the redecorated church taking part in the play were jim gill arts 51 as thomas a'becket alan koppes a&e 52 as the second knight omar green inside • • • deferments 3 sports 4 5 editorials 6 little man 6 radio 7