Brown and White Vol. 35 no. 41

              sheridan referees at national bouts matmen basketeers swim mers and seligson hon ored by board leaves wednesday for in tercollegiate wrestling meet egyptian mysteriously slipped around the stage opening se cret panels and throwing the audience off the track of the idenity of the real criminal j k ahlberg as sylvia latter took a leading part in the action of the show and made a charm ing young lady j c kelley who took the part of john cut ting and played opposite ahl berg had an interesting an,d amusing part his clever re marks and bantering kept the audience in constant laughter w c lumis during his short time on the stage showed remarkable acting f shoe maker who played the part of a young newspaper reporter gave the audience quite a • hock when it was discovered that it was he who had committed the murder the funniest charac ter in the entire cast was hen ley portrayed by g c scott he was an amusing companion to hart and bates played by c e oiler and r j lincoln these three took the parts of the three detectives who finally solved the case after suspect ing every one but the real crim inal saturday night at the end of the second act professor pfan der was made an horonary member of the mustard and cheese club as a token of ap preciation of his help and hard work in the direction of the play a murder a robbery a mys terious pistol shot two people hurt two blue idols two pen dants and a house full of liars this is a hell of a case such were the words of detective in spector hart in the mustard and cheese club's forty-fourth annual production the creak ing chair given at the south side high school auditorium friday and saturday nights the show had a very success ful two night run the house be ing well filled at both perfor mances this was the first play which the club has pro duced for some time musical comedies having beenyin vogue during the past few years the entire performance went off smoothly showing the results of the hard work which had been done by professor h g pfander and the actors who had been practicing the past month jack lee and herb bellring er are to be highly compliment ed upon their excellent inter pretation of two leads mr and mrs edwin latter the clever and amusing parts of the ser vants were taken by h w holt and h s sahm who furnished a great deal of comedy b friedman as essai aissa an creaking chair refused to creak military society elects nine men the combined musical clubs will make their first appearance in bethlehem thursday evening at the moravian college for women the concert will be given in conjunction with the musical organization of the moravian women's college composed of a glee club string orchestra and triple trio well known selec tions will be rendered by each of these moravian college is unusually fortunate in having a harpist of excellent ability who will be heard throughout the program the lehigh sym phony orchestra glee club quartet and dance orchestra will add some of their latest num bers to the program following the concert a dance will be held for the le high musicians and moravian girls music will be furnished by the musical club's dance or chestra comprising 13 pieces under the direction of david fluharty j t neath manager of the clubs is unable as yet to give definite information regarding the second concert tour in the vicinity of new york how ever concerts and dances have been arranged at bishopthorpe manor school for girls and cedar crest college for women the home concert and dance to be given in drown hall may 12 will be the grand finale of the clubs this year and will end the collegiate social season also arranges for open meetings and tea dance billy sheridan lehigh's pop ular wrestling coach will leave wednesday for ames lowa where he will officiate as referee in the national intercol legiate wrestling tournament to be held march 30 and 31 by the national collegiate athlet ic association all men who have taken first second or third places in their respective inter collegiate conferences are eligi ble to enter the meet and the winner in each class will be un disputed champion of the unit ed states few entries are expected this year from the east because this meet has no bearing on the olympics which are of prime importance just now most of the eastern conference cham pions expect to enter the olym pic tryouts in boston new york or philadelphia and then compete in the finals at grand rapids early in june bosey reiter before his ill ness was chairman of the n.c a a but his place is now be ing filled hy dr clapj of the university of nebraska who was instrumental in adopting the plan for a national compe tition professor pfander to the rescue as stage men admit defeat 1929 epitome completed soon juniors complete plans for banquet four speakers and music are offered at annual third year affair lehigh athletes were reward ed when major ls were grant ed to members of the champion intercollegiate wrestling team minor awards to the basketball quintet winners of the middle atlantic title and numerals to the freshman basketeers mat men and swimmers by the board of athletic control yes terday in acknowledgement of the excellent showing made by julius seligson who captured the indoor intercollegates tennis crown in february and was fin alist in the recent national in doo tournament a major l was awarded the brown and white sophomore t petitions by members of the fencing club for recognition as a minor sport and by the assis tant managers of the varsity wrestling team for major let ters next year were refused in spite of the splendid spirit and accompanying results of an un blemished record it was decided to postpone action on the fenc ers until a year hence when their 1929 schedule which in cludes columbia pennsylvania and princeton will have been completed active cooperation by the coaches and managers has been promised graduate manager petriken in the board's attempt to eliminate the loss of athletic equipment which athletes fail to turn in at the close of the season managers have volun tarily introduced the ledger system by which all equipment will be recorded to the credit of the individual man elections af harry hesse and arthur lehr to the captaincies of basketball and wrestling were approved the varsity basket ball schedule for 1928-29 was adopted it was voted to donate 100 to the olympic intercollegiate fund lehigh with favorable chances of being represented when the wrestlers compete in amsterdam this summer com pares proportionately with the contributions of other american universities l r fimian was elected as sistant manager of varsity swimming the position of man ager of the freshman track team was awarded to h k dotter submitting too many candidates for managerial awards of num erals the manager and coach were requested to limit their proposals to two men neglect of the manager to state the cor continued on page three harry hesse 29 husky cen ter will round out his four year court career at lehigh by leading the brown and white quintet next winter the elec tion which was held after the final game of the season against lafayette march 3 was approv ed and announced by the ath letic board of control yester day afternoon hesse whose election sub stantiated expectations of the student body has been a well known figure in the indoor game since his matriculation at le high he first came into prom inence by his play in the inter course basketball tournament for freshmen staged by the de partment of physical education annually in the fall harry led the arts men to the champion ship and was highscorer of the series he made the freshman team easily and continued his outstanding play as pivot man as frosh captain hesse's un caftiny ability to cage field goals from all angles was a leading factor in the 1929 outfit's six victories which included deci sions over both the lafayette and rutgers yearlings upon becoming eligible for varsity competition hesse immediately made the varsity squad which included four lettermen from the great 19254926 combina tion he had to be content to substitute for the veteran earl schaub but participated in most of the games and was the only sophomore to win an l he was a regular during the past season alternating at for ward and center although he was more effective in the latte,r position by scoring 75 points he stood third in the individual point list behind bob many and captain bill billmeyer hesse's athletic participation has not been confined to basket ball he won his second pair of class numerals in baseball and last spring alternated with lefty brady in doing mound duty for jing johnson's var sity nine he is a big right hander and is now striving for his second letter in baseball the captain-elect is not only an athlete however hesse studying for a b.a degree and majoring in french is a good student and never has flunked a subject or been ineligible he has been honored by election to cotillion phi club and cyan ide before coming to lehigh harry attended high school in his home town roselle park n j there he was active in athletics and played baseball and basketball three years he captained the court team in his senior year and was chosen cen ter on the second all-star team of class b high schools wi£h the announcement of the speakers for the evening plans for the annual banquet of the class of 1929 have been com pleted the banquet will be held at the hotel bethlehem tomorrow night at 6:30 o'clock it is estimated that 200 mem bers of the third year class will be present at the affair al though more than that number can be taken care of only those members of the class who have paid their dues will be ad mitted although dues may be paid the night of the banquet the speakers will be profes sor bradley stoughton fred trafford and in all probability shorty long and dr emery many attractions have been ar ranged for the night including ' music throughout the evening by the lehigh mountaineers as was previously announced junior mechanicals do practical work efficacy of welding in repairs is topic at symposium april 6 drastice changes deemed ad visable because of the inade quacy of the by-laws as recog nized in the opposition which was current after the award of the football letters last novem ber were recommended to the members of the board of ath letic control by the executive committee of the board yes terday afternoon submitted to the board for discussion no fin al conclusions were attained with reference to the ratifica tion of the proposed modifica tions a perusal of the suggestions discloses the problem confront ing the athletic officials namely : shall letters be awarded as rec ognition of excellence or shall the coveted rewards be made on the basis of the service a man renders to the team ? the feas ability of the new plan will be presented to the students through these columns according to the prospective policy the number of major l's awarded at the close of a sea son will be dependent upon the victories scored by the team for example : two major l's for each game won and eleven ad ditional minor l's will be given the members of the football team had this plan been in vogue during the 1927 schedule but two men would have been renumerated with major let ters with variations for the dif ferent sports the plan will be applicable to all as follows • varsity football — two major ls for each game won 11 ad ditional mirior ls varsity soccer — ene major l for each game won 12 addi tional minor ls varsity cross-country — five minor ls two major ls for win ning middle atlantics champion ship varsity basketball — one ma jor l for each three games won five additional minor ls varsity wrestling — one major l for individual intercollegiate champions and each dual meet won major ls not to exceed seven seven additional minor ls varsity baseball — two major ls for each three games won and nine additional minor ls varsity swimming — one maj or l for each dual meet won and for individual middle at lantic champions major ls not to xeceed seven and for break ing league records any number varsity lacrosse — three maj or ls for each two games won and 12 minor ls varsity tennis — one major l for each two games won maj or ls not to exceed six and six additional minor ls varsity track — one major l for each meet won and each in dividual middle atlantics cham pion major ls not to exceed seven except for broken records any number seven additional minor ls m s t to lose captain chance with the senior election of the epitome now completed and the remainder of the cuts and copy in the hands of the printer jhe actual printing and binding of the annual will soon be started although last minute hold-ups may develop the present sched ule tor the yearbook promises to have it completed and ready for distribution during the early part of may at a date earlier than any of its predecessors have appeared _ the epitome will contain sev eral novel sections this year which have not appeared in previous books including a pic torial summary of important events at lehigh during the past year very clever art work has been done in the open ing section and throughout the division pages giving a pleas ing and novel effect to the book the section relating to faculty and administration has been partially revised over last year's improved form and gives a more balanced page effect a variation has been secured in the opening pages of the sec tion on fraternities while the athletic section has also been somewhat revised six hundred copies of the book will be printed and distri buted this year and although not all of the books have been sold energetic competitors for the business staff are now can vassing all parts of the cam pus and college in order not to overlook anyone who has not as yet subscribed the books will be sold at the regular price of five dollars untii ready for dis tribution at which time the amount will be advanced to 6 three houses hold miami triad dance it may be of interest to those who saw the mustard and cheese show friday and sat urday night to know just what the creak was and how hard it was to develop the wheel chair was bought several weeks ago and every one thought that there would be no trouble at all to make it squeak such was not the case when the stage managers began work on it they found a difficult problem con fronting them rosin was put on the axle spokes were hit with hammers the steel was heated in an at tempt to bend it leather wash ers were put on and all to no avail the night of the dress rehearsal come and still there was no squeak a mechanical device was brought in but it failed to produce a natural sound something had to be done the creaking chair which did not creak was sent over to the physics department and the faculty started working on it they said that they would have a squeak developed by eleven o'clock friday morning at eleven o'clock there was still no creak and the faculty had to admit failure something had to be done but nobody knew what to do the night of the show came and there was a fine creak ev ery time the wheel went around those who knew of the difficul ty wondered what had happen ed they made inquiry only to discover that professor pfan der standing behind the curtain creaking with his voice on ev ery turn of the wheel had been the solution for the problem scabbard and blade elected nine juniors to membership plans were completed for an open meeting to be held friday evening at 7:30 p m march 30 and dates were set for an other open meeting in may and for a tea dance at a meeting held at the armory monday evening march 19 the nine juniors who were honored hy election to member ship at the regular spring elec tion are l w becker w h dorsey f r fort max hen ry r j kieffner andy lehr r l myers h a sterner and w j urban these men will be formally initiated be fore easter at the same time plans were completed for the third open meeting of the year which will be held at 7:30 p m friday march 30 in the physics lec ture room capt t r taber will talk on twenty minutes with the suicide squad capt taber's talk will be followed by three reels of ordinance pic tures which show some of the experiences of camp life at ab erdeen refreshments will be served at the end of the meet ing a tentative date was set about the middle of may for the last open meeting of the year bill helmstaedter announced that the plans for a tea dance friday afternoon of spring house party were nearing com pletion this the first dance gi veir by scabbard and blade on the lehigh campus will open the merrymaking of spring house party and arrangements are being made to obtain an ex cellent orchestra sword and crescent holds tea dance dr haff to lecture at pre-med meeting captain maximilian clay in fantry who will shortly com plete his course of study in the infantry school at fort ben ning georgie has been detailed by the direction of president coolidge to the department of military science and tactics at lehigh university he relieves captain chance whose detail has expired and who has been directed to report to the infan try school at fort benning as an instructor the pettinos graphite mill on river street which obtains its power by water from the canal desiring to make an ex tension has asked the mechan ical engineering department to determine the maximum power available for their water wheel this project has been undertak en by the junior class in mech anical engineering as a practical cooperative laboratory exer cise the class has investigated the plant and specified a brake which the mill will build and install to measure the available horse power at various speeds of the water wheel the plant will be closed saturday morn ning march 81 at the end of the night shift the class will go down to the mill at 9 a m and conduct the test the plant will start operating again sat urday afternoon observations taken during the test will en able the calculation of the horse power obtainable at various speeds and the maximum power that can be obtained at a uni form speed dr haff noted northampton surgeon will give an illustrat ed lecture on his work at the pre-medical society meeting 8:15 p m thursday march 28 in williams hall dr haff was on the list of speakers of the society last year and gave one of the most interesting lectures that has been heard by the pre meds the sigma chis phi delts and betas combined on satur day evening in the ball room of the hotel bethlehem in giving a miami triad dance that has es tablished another precedent for lehigh's social program in particular evidence was the attractive collection of im ported girls who added a dis tinctive touch to the affair art zeller's merry-makers provided the musical touch in a way all their own the sword and crescent tea dance held in drown hall sat urday afternoon contributed much towards making the week end a social success the crowd which made up in quality what it lacked in quan tity consisted mostly of out-of town girls imported for the mi ami triad dance that evening the music was furnished by the lehigh six dr and mrs neil carothers and fred traf ford were present as chaperons other companies have loaned equipment to be used in the demonstration the ingersol rand co providing an atomic hydrogen arc welder and the lincoln electric co making up several large truss specimens to be broken on the 800,000 lb compression machine in fritz laboratory the manufactur ers will have representatives here to demonstrate their own apparatus since the last symposium the general electric co has erect ed a building in philadelphia with all the structural steel welded and f t mckibben former head of the civil engin eering department here and en gineer in charge of this new welded building has consented to aid in the discussion wil liam spraragen of the ameri can welding society and other practical welders connected with railroad and navel repair shops together with makers of weld ing equipment and consulting engineers will be present to take part in the agenda the following men have been secured to speak on the effi cacy of welding in repairs at the welding symposium to be held here april 16 ; a f keogh president of the sound welding co j c reed of the bethle hem steel co and j h weiss welding foreman with the new york central last year the use of welding in structural work was stressed whereas this year its use in re pair work a field that has grown tremendously in impor tance lately will be emphasiz ed also more time will be spent this year on the theory and mechanicism of welding while it is supposed to be chiefly a practical demonstra tion a research topic the flow of welded metal is slat ed for discussion in the eve ning for this the fusion electric co has loaned the university a moving picture showing the transfer of metal from the welding rod to the lo cation of the weld lehigh university bethlehem pa tuesday march 27 1928 dramatic club scores success in annual spring presentation changes proposed in athletic awards price five cents hesse honored by quintet captaincy musical clubs will play at moravian vol xxxv no 41 brown and white frosh lab refunds refunds from the fresh man chemistry laboratory fees for the first semester are now available at the bursar's office for those who did not donate them to the student chemistry research fund orchestra glee club and quartet will give concert rounds out four year court career with captaincy letters awarded winter athletes success of season to deter mine awards major l for ail sports mustard and cheese players draw large crowd to the creaking chair all sophomores are asked to turn in a list of their ac tivities for election to the cyanide club lists should be turned in to fred trafford before april 4 all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate newspaper association