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Houseparty began, this one being absolutely the last, since the lack of students in the semesters to come would certainly mean a cessation of these events for the duration. The traditional Friday night dance was changed to Saturday, but it was well worth the wait, for Jimmy Lunceford, leader of one of the top-ranking negro dance bands in the country, put on one of the finest performances ever seen at a Lehigh Houseparty. The highlight of the evening was a half hour jam session immediately following the intermission, during which time Lunceford and his orchestra held even the most confirmed jive haters spellbound. The weekend went off smoothly, but the average student went out of his way to have a good time, since this would probably be his last houseparty for all times. Mustard and Cheese later in the month presented its spring production, this time a merry madness entitled Bottoms Up, a combination Hellzapoppin and musical comedy written, produced, and staged by all-male students cast. The next attraction on the campus was presented in a more military-like fashion, with the ROTC giving a field day and review at Taylor Stadium. An added attraction was a sham battle by advanced ROTC men, with blank-firing machine guns, bayonets and all the rest. At the same time the Army again promised to send the long-lost ASTP men, this time on June 5, and arrangements were again made for their arrival. A truly amazing event occurred next in the class elections late in April. Over 50 per cent of the students voted as against the usual 10 per cent of past years. The new system of balloting within the various living groups was given credit for the improvement in spirit. The semester closed with the honorary society elections and final examinations. One hundred and ninety-nine seniors, in the last normal graduation at Lehigh until three or four years after the present war, were graduated at com- mencement exercises — as compared to 335 the year before. Dr. Harold W. Dodds was the speaker for the occasion, and all of those receiving degrees agreed that they were fortunate indeed to have been permitted to conclude their studies before taking up arms for Uncle Sam.
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Following this welcome news, was the annual Interfraternity Ball in Grace Hall. Johnny Warrington and Bobby Sherwood were the orchestras for the gala occa- sion, but a great change was evident in that the Office of Price Administration had ordered, a few days before, a ban on all pleasure driving; so the couples were forced to walk or to ride the trolley, but almost all took this without com- plaint. Some even enjoyed the novelty of being jostled on Lehigh Valley Transit Company ' s vehicles. Tradition was again violated as Arcadia decided to do away with the time- worn custom of the Freshmen wearing brow T n and white caps and oversized but- tons. The scarcity of materials was the reason for this change. Then came the biggest news of the year. On April 5 the Army was definitely going to send some 600 ASTP men to Lehigh to study as engineers. The dormi- tories w r ould have to be vacated almost immediately to make room for these boys — the now half-vacant fraternity houses taking up those forced to leave their rooms. With the arrival of these men, some 250 advance ROTC men, already in the E.R.C., would be activated and moved into the dormitories with the new- comers. But when the fateful April 5 came around no Army men were to be found and, indeed, none was even on the way; so things moved on as usual, the ROTC boys keeping out of uniform for a while longer. Nevertheless, Army officers toured the campus on an inspection of Lehigh ' s facilities, and it appeared that some day the soldiers would arrive en masse. In spite of the war and of the low r ered enrollment, it was announced that for the fall semester 200 students made the coveted Dean ' s list for superior scholar- ship, by proportion the highest number in the history of Lehigh. The faculty agreed that this was not a sign that Lehigh ' s standards were dropping, but that Lehigh men were taking their work much more seriously than in peace time, and that many of the poorer students had been called by their draft boards. Fifty-six faculty men were reported to have left the campus since Pearl Harbor, over half of whom were in the armed services, many of the remainder taking better posi- tions in other schools left vacant by men called to the colors, and in industrial work. The class of ' 44, consisting now of second-semester Juniors and first-semester Seniors, gave the next social event with a banquet at the Hotel Bethlehem, where an oft-decorated R.A.F. Wing Commander, Mi chael Judd, veteran of the North African campaign, was the guest speaker. His tales of the thrilling Eng- lish offense which drove Rommel ' s Nazi Army back across the Mediterranean stirred the 124 men present. In early April, two hundred and forty-four more men received notice, this time from the Navy, that they would be called at the end of the semester. The social fraternities at the same time received glad news that, unlike the last war, when all fraternities w T ere ordered inactive as being an unnecessary luxury, the service men, both Army and Navy, residing on the various campuses through- out the country would be permitted to pledge the houses of their choice. On April 16, just 10 days after the Army ' s never materializing arrival, Spring • 18 •
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