Brown and White Vol. 44 no. 24

              lecture series speaker explains special problems confronting european machine designs spoke here in 1932 e robins morgan asks least needy workers to resign positions reduction f*ls general physicist to speak to sigma xi at open meeting at 8:15 this evening directs bartol reserch famous commentator will replace beebe jan 16 in concert series thibault to sing apr 16 experienced newsman to take foreign situation as lecture topic a student who is ill at the time of any examination should not enter the examination but should report instead to the health service for medical ad vice and for an excuse on the basis of which he will be per mitted to take a make-up exam ination later subject to the pay ment of a fee of 5 states dean c m mcconn if a student who feels indis posed chooses to enter an exam ination he must accept whatever grade he makes in that examin ation he cannot be permitted a second examination on the score of such indisposition or illness w.o.snyder ls airway official dr w swarm bulletin tells story of alumnus who started career by gliding contest closes with 13 songs 7 students make entries in competition sponsored by lopez h v kaltenborn must register under s s a dean advises fraternities to comply with social security act dr felix iserman of the berlin institute of technology gave an il lustrated lecture on the leipzig fair this afternoon in the packard laboratory the lecture was spon sored by the lehigh branch of the american society of mechanical en gineers the leipzig fair has a history dating back more than 700 years and it is of world importance man ufacturers and buyers from all over the world present the latest im provements and designs in a large variety of manufactured articles recently as many as 8,000 exhib itors from 24 countries have par ticipated in this fair tells of difficulties dr iserman also told of some of the difficulties faced by engineers in europe as contrasted with condi tions in this country during the past few years engineers in the european countries have been con fronted with certain problems in re gard to the supply of raw mater ials and with problems of labor which made it necessary to follow new ways in the designing of ma chines diesel and gasoline engines have been laid out in such a manner as to permit their being run on native fuels such as anthracite lignite wood peat charcoal and rich gases as butane propane methane and illuminating gas such designing work was applied to engines for stationary plants as well as for mo tor trucks in the construction of boilers and turbines maximum temperatures and maximum pressures have been reached and at the same time meth ods developed for making boiler service simple and independent of feed water conditions harmon to give sketch of lincoln notice of an eight per cent re duction in nya funds effective this month has been received from har risburg by e robins morgan di rector of placement this reduction is general in all colleges participat ing in the funds morgan states that this reduction means that there must either be a general reduction all around of working hours for each month or else the elimination of those who are less needy to send letter mr morgan is sending out the following letter to nya men ex plaining his situation and asking their cooperation there has been a reduction of eight per cent in the government's allotment of nya funds for lehigh's use and we are seeking means for helping the most needy of the workers by not cut ting down the amount of their earn ings also there are a number of men who have not been appointed even though they are greatly in need of funds and i should like to help them it will help tremendously if some of the workers will resign and i am asking whether or not you are in a position to do so will you let me know what your attitude is toward this suggestion within the next few days sees improvement mr morgan feels that improve ment in business conditions in gen eral and in the financial conditions of some of the workers make it possible for some to relinquish nya help at this time although there is still great need for this aid in most cases he points out that regulation five on nya appointment notifi cations which the men agree to abide by states that workers agree to report voluntarily and to resign when their financial needs have been met several men who felt they no longer needed the work have re signed in the last few months and have been replaced by other men history professor will ad dress chemists arrange prize for latin student wings over the main an air career in the january issue of the alumni bulletin issued yesterday is the story of w overton snyder ! 18 recently appointed manager of the eastern division of pan-amer ican airways starting with his early experiences with home-made glid ers in 1911 the story carries him through his days as an officer in the maryland national guard aviation corps as airway extension superintendent in the department of commerce and finally as an employee of the pan american airways in discussing the prospects for this year's wrestling team coach billy sheridan becomes so excited that he lapses into his native scotch dialect his greatest worry seems to be the coming mid-year exams although several topnotch men become available again at that time describes battle f h morhart 31 washington correspondent for the indianapolis news gives an account of his work as a white house and congres sional reporter including his exper ience as an eye-witness to a pitched battle between washington police and bonus marchers in 1932 when two veterans were shot and killed predictions of america's indus trial future and technocratic ad vances yet to be made are present ed by floyd w parsons 02 of robbins publications in his article looking ahead this issue also announces the promotion of robert f herrick,'34 from managing editor to editor in chief of the alumni bulletin as de cided at the last meeting of the board of directors of the alumni association wright annouces 25 dol lars award the entry time limit has expired and no more songs will be consid ered in the review-vincent lopez popular song contest thirteen songs were entered by seven le high students the men who have entered their own compositions with entries are ralph skedgell arts 36 four songs my love is true where is the moon you're just amused with me and the love i want da vid hughes ch e 38 three songs try to forget let's not mention the moon and ashes on the floor richard foote eng.'4o two songs on a quiet moonlight night and s o s william hess eng 40 aspirations james reed arts 39 and kenneth c stone e m 37 two songs love and stuff and favor me more and ray winters bus 38 you're my admiration skedgell enters tunes skedgell will be remembered as composer of the songs used in last year's prom trotters his entries are from this musical comedy hughes is entering songs he has written for this year's mustard and and cheese musical reed arranged the music for prom trotters vincent lopez is sponsoring in dividual contests similar to the le high competition at columbia dartmouth and rutgers he will feature the winning song from the respective schools on his radio pro gram on successive weeks dr william francis gray swarm director of the bartol research foundation of the franklin institute of philadelphia at 8:15 o'clock to night in packard auditorium un der the auspices of the lehigh chap ter of sigma xi national honor ary research society his topic will be science and common sense doctor swarm was the principal speaker at the founder's day exer cises in 1932 when he spoke on the scientific method at that time he also addressed the physics society on the structure of the atom tonight's lecture is open to all stu dents and to the general public is an author doctor swarm is an authority on cosmic radiation and is credited by american men of science with work in thermal measurements elec tromagnetic theory electrical con ductivity relativity terrestial mag netism atmospreric electricity and atomic structure he recently published a book the architecture of the universe he is the part author of the story of error and the author of more than 140 publications which were accepted by various scientific jour nals he was associate editor of the physical review from 1920 to 1922 and has been associate editor of the journal of the franklin in stitute since 1923 was demonstrator he was junior demonstrator of physics at the royal college of physics from 1905 to 1907 assistant lecturer and demonstrator in phys ics at the university of sheffield from 1907 to 1913 chief of the phys ical division of the department of terrestial magnetism carnegie in stitution of washington from 1913 to 1918 professor of physics at the university of minnesota from 1918 to 1923 professor of physics at the university of chicago from 1923 to 1924 professor of physics and di rector of the sloane laboratory at yale university from 1924 to 1927 chairman of the advisory research committee of the bartol research foundation from 1924 to 1927 directs foundation in 1927 he became director of the bartol foundation which is located at swarthmore and he still occu pies this position 187 books were added to library last month h kaltenborn covers news around the world and back all fraternities were advised last week in a letter from dean c m mcconn to register at once under the social security act pending fur ther information from the govern ment president c.c williams has writ ten to the social security board in washington raising the questions as to whether college fraternities are not exempt under the domestic service provision or under the ex emption for educational institutions so far he has received merely an acknowledgment promising a full reply in due course dean mcconn enclosed in his let ter a copy of the report of the le gal committee of the national in terfraternity council this report points out that the unemployment insurance provision of the act ap plies only to employers of eight or more the legal opinion holds that fra ternities do not come under the ex emption relating to domestic ser vice it would seem to be possible dean mcconn's letter points out that fraternities may eventually be able to secure the benefit of exemp tion accorded to educational institu tions but such an exemption can evidently come only through an ex plicit ruling by the social security board until such a ruling has been made fraternities will be held to come under the act j petrikin dies of heart attack announcement of a 25 dollar prize in latin was made yesterday by dr horace w wright profes sor of latin the prize is to be known as the aubertine woodward wright prize in latin and is in memory of dr wright's mother this prize is to be awarded on university day or founder's day to an undergraduate student who has distinguished himself in junior-sen ior latin the purpose of this reward is to stimulate the taking of advanced latin by undergraduates and to stimulate outstanding work in latin o edward pollack elected president of tau delta phi edward m pollack i e 38 was elected president of tau delta phi fraternity at an annual election meeting held sunday evening in the chapter house also elected were morton da vis i e 39 vice president wil liam bunin ch e 38 treasurer and sheldon m miller m e 39 secretary dr george d harmon associate professor of american history will be the after-dinner speaker at the january meeting of the american chemical society to be held here friday dr harmon will give a biographical sketch of abraham lincoln after the dinner which will be held in drown hall dr harmon was the recent win ner of a 1,000 prize for a letter on lincoln which he submitted in a contest held by the philadelphia inquirer the regular business meeting of the society will be held at 8:15 p.m in the lecture room of the chem istry building the speaker will be dr b l clark of the bell tele phone laboratories his topic will be microchemistry the lecture is open to all students was director of athletics for 9 years the university library was en larged by 187 volumes on biography literature and history during the last month among these are elizabeth empress of austria by count corti benjamin franklin's letters entitled my dear girl norris life of miss eleanor wylie ne vins hamilton fish scheville's history of florence and sack ville west's life of thomas de quincey club plans skiing outing organization will run snow trains for review positions h v kaltenborn well-known ra dio news-commentator will speak under the auspices of the concert lecture series at 8:15 o'clock sat urday evening he has been engaged to replace dr william beebe who was forced to cancel his engage ment because of a sinus infection dr beebe has been ordered to flor ida by his physician but will ap pear on the campus feb 26 the date originally planned for mr jvaltenborn's talk mr kaltenborn will take as his subject we look at the world he gained his first newspaper ex perience as city editor on his home town paper however he left this position to become a traveling sales man in france on his return he became a reporter on the brook lyn eagle went to harvard after graduating from harvard in 1909 he was for a time a tutor in the family of john jacob astor he then rejoined the brooklyn eagle and rose from dramatic edi tor to associate editor he has held positions as lecturer with such organizations as the brooklyn institute of arts and sci ences and the new york league for political education he planned and organized the brooklyn eagle panama - pacific exposition tour and in succeeding years conducted several other tours in the united states and in foreign countries as a newspaper corres pondent he traveled for two or three years in europe and in the orient visits spanish battlefield during the past summer kalten born travelled through europe studying the conditions there he visited germany italy danzig russia and spain during his stay in spain he visited the battlefield at irun and broadcast his commen taries on the battle to america on his return from europe last fall kaltenborn accompanied pres ident roosevelt to south america to attend the pan-american peace conference from here he made about 30 broadcasts at present kaltenborn is broadcasting friday evening of each week over the co lumbia broadcasting system rearrange programs the remainder of the student lecture-concert series programs have been rearranged originally w s beebe was to speak on jan 16 conrad thibault was to be here on feb 26 and h v kaltenborn was to lecture on april 16 however it will be impossible for thibault to be here next month because his contract with his radio sponsors requires him to be in hol lywood at that time the date for his appearance has been changed to april 16 because of his illness beebe will not speak until feb 26 since it was impossible to hold a meeting of the whole student con cert-lecture committee the exec utive sub-committee of which the secretary dean g b curtis and the chairman sidney j lewis chem 37 are members made these changes glee club sings combined musical clubs give concert guyer addresses club j h petrikin 96 died sud denly sunday morning from a heart attack mr petrikin was for nine years director of athletics and physical education serving from 1924 to 1933 he was 64 years old mr petrikin played four seasons of varsity baseball at lehigh he was an architect and structural steel designer before joining the faculty following his retirement from the faculty he had lived with his daugh ter miss carolyn w petrikin in bethlehem he will be buried wed nesday afternoon in lock haven where he was born in 1872 two other daughters miss mar garet petrikin philadelphia and miss rebecca w petrikin new york city survive in spite of the unseasonable weather the lehigh outing club has gone forward with plans for the winter season experts have been acquired to instruct lehigh stu dents interested in skiing for that purpose a trail has been made on the other side of south mountain contact will be made with the lehigh valley railroad officials to schedule snow trains from bethle hem to the pocono mountains also whenever the weather permits a skating party on the canal above the bethlehem steel works will be organized bursar donates books dr john mertz marries competition for positions on the editorial board of the le high review will begin with the february issue it was announced by sidney lewis arts 37 editor in chief all students especially freshmen and sophomores who are interested in writing for the magazine should meet with hi m thursday at 4 p m in the review room of drown hall there will be several vacancies on the board at the end of this year and several minor execu tive positions at least two of which are open to underclass men competition will proceed on an organized basis during the second semester and it is im portant that everyone interested meet with the editor for instruc tion and advice walter guyer chemistry fellow and donald hock allentown attor ney were the guest speakers at the meeting of the lehigh allentown club recently in the allentown y m c a richard schmoyer 37 conducted a vox pox session in his act were emil dieter,36 joseph coyne 40 walter decker 39 alfred webb 35 walter guyer 36 and herbert hilton 38 dieter won the first prize and guyer won the booby prize fifty-two members of the com bined musical clubs of the univer sity gave a concert last friday eve ning in the epsicopal church of the intercession at broadway and 155 th street new york city in the concert which was given in the parish house the glee club was led by dr shields in a group of six songs and by h e towne arts 37 president of the glee club in two school songs best liked song was at father's door a russian folk song which was given an en core by the audience several vocal and instrumental solos were also rendered f c ashbaugh university bur sar presented to the university li brary seven mcguffey readers during the christmas holidays the books cover the grades from kin dergarten to the sixth and were published by henry ford who has an extensive collection dr john c mertz instructor of chemistry was married thursday afternoon at 4:30 p m in packer memorial chapel to miss jacqueline nock of new haven conn dr c g beardslee performed the cere many members of the faculty at tended enough to finance an inglorious re turn to his native america his next benefactor was the brooklyn eagle which awarded him a job in the fi nancial department because he had written a very touching poem about the brooklyn bridge newspaper work kept him interested until 1905 when he felt that he should no long er be embarrassed by a lack of col lege education forthwith he as saulted the gate of harvard one stumbling block almost spoiled his charge he was required to pass an entrance examination in algebra sometime before he graduated this he did in his junior year but not un til after he had flunked it three times and not until two weeks before his election to phi beta kappa need less to say he finished his college career with a cum laude degree after his graduation he was en gaged by john jacob astor to pre pare his son vincent for harvard which he did successfully and pleas antly cruising about the caribbean on the nourmahal the call of the eagle attracted him again and he stayed with the brooklyn paper editing writing managing until three years ago when he resigned because of the pressure of his radio engagements now he spends all of his time get ting first-hand impressions of the crucial events of the world and tell ing his fellow-americans about them in radio and lecture addresses at various times during his life h v kalterborn has earned his living as a lumberjack reporter store clerk soldier able-bodied sea man peddler poet scholar and edi tor mr kaltenborn who will speak here saturday evening under the auspices of the concert-lectures se ries has made his greatest name as a radio commentator however and that is the occupation that has made his name familiar to millions of americans through hi s weekly broadcast over the columbia broad casting system born with a taste for adventure he did not rest easy in any of the more prosaic jobs of life in 1900 he felt an overpowering urge to see the paris exposition he earned his way across the country by re porting his travel adventures for a new york paper shipped across the ocean on a cattle boat bicycled through england and eventually worked his way to his goal it was a painful surprise to young kaltenborn to find himself shortly without a penny to his name even dick merriwell might have been a trifle daunted by the problems of the situation but not this young fellow he pawned his last poses sions except for the bare necessi ties of clothing inserted an ad in a paris paper and in a short time landed a job selling stereopticans hoarding his sous he soon had bethlehem pa tuesday january 12 1937 research society guest h v kaltenborn speaks saturday price — five cents iii students may take exam later says dean vol xliv no 24 lehigh university brown and white dr w swann will address research club nya allotment is cut down by 8 per cent dr iserman speaks about leipzig fair all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate newspaper association