Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Board in November, and tne Goblet staff immediately settled down to tne Kard work of getting tke magazine together. Pirates of Penzance, a Mustard and Cheese production, was well received by us all and certainly was one of the highlights of the spring semester. Following a loud publicity campaign that went so far as to fly a skull and cross bones flag from the flag pole, the M. C. cast, aug- mented by Moravian girls, pro- ceeded to put on a show that drew many curtain calls and encores at each of the four crowd-packed per- formances. Pirates was so well ap- preciated that M. C. plans in- cluded another Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. The Mikado, along with the plays Cyrano ae Sergerac and R. U. R. The Military Department an- nounced that advanced courses would be offered in Corps of En- gineers subjects for those of us who wanted to strive for a reserve com- mission. This gave a wide selection of Army branches to us and made it possible to choose the Air Corps, Infantry, Ordnance, as well as the Engineers. An increased number of non-veteran undergraduates made it necessary to reorganize the corps of military students into a regiment in- stead of a battalion as before. The soldiers were commanded by Cadet Colonel William D. McLean, 49. The veterans among us certainly had to admit that the regiment was a sharp-looking outfit. The well- worn olive-drab uniforms that had been used for so many years had at last been discarded in favor of the forest-green Army officer-type uni- form that made many a frosh strut proudly. Army Week brought an all-out effort from the Military Department. Planned by Col. James S. Luckett, a display of the latest Army equip- ment drew over 4,000 people to Grace Hall. Strong America was the theme of the exhibit, which in-

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more time to professional writing. Billie BurKnardt was also re- tired after tnirty-nine years of dili- gent service to tne university and to tke many thousands of Lenign men who have been here over the years. Billie could spin many a yarn of the old Lehigh days and could tell many a Lehigh tradition because he was part of the growing and expanding Lehigh since the turn of the century. Most of us knew Billie as the fellow who took care of battered muscles and aching backs down at the Health Service with his battery of heat lamps and his skill in the application of adhesive tape. Billie will be missed by the many of us who knew and loved him. May also brought mobs of high school journalism students to our campus for the Ninth Annual Le- high University Press Conference. Over two hundred delegates at- tended this first conference since the war to take part in various discussion groups on the different phases of journalism and to hear Herbert B. Nichols, science editor of the Cnris- tian Science Nlonitor, speak on the future in scientific writing. Miss Nancy Garoutte of Nlaaemoiselle and Mr. Allen Lewis of the Phila delphia Inquirer also highlighted the conference with talks on women in journalism and on sports writing. The Goblet, Lehigh ' s own post war magazine strictly for men (Le- high men) , seemed t o have difficulty in being appreciated. The trouble all began when Tom Harris had An Experience with Wine which he soon wished he had not mentioned. A thunderous deluge of criticism, discussion, and praise waxed heavy over us after the Goblet had re- leased the particulars. The noise never did die down as we argued the righteousness of the story de- pending upon how we had read it. On the heels of all the extra pub- licity received on the Wine issue, a story contest was conducted to ob- tain more material in the way of hu- mor, poetry, and short stories for fu- ture issues of the Goblet. G. Wal- lace Driver, 49, won first place in the contest with his excellent story. Duel in the Afternoon. The fall semester again brought hard times for the Goblet when the Board of Publications refused to give its approval to the magazine. A re- drafting of the Goblet constitution and the addition of faculty guidance to the publication staff finally wheedled out an approval from the 19

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sii Bi msmi m • - ■ ' »«Wr«M-» V- ' J - i.- t:- V 3- eluded displays of war trophies, enemy uniforms, and a collection of military honors and decorations. For those of us who ' wished to brave the summer heat, the univer- sity co-operated to the utmost and conducted an eight weeks summer half-semester. With so many spe- cial students (women) taking sum- mer courses it was hard to believe that it was the Lehigh campus. Those of us who had the real deal managed to get into the surveying course where we had access to tran- sits and other observation aids. But the pleasant July days turned into a sweltering inferno during the month of August, and it was not uncommon to see some of us taking the summer semester finals in our underdrawers. The summer also saw the instigation of a special four weeks course for M.E. ' s and l.E. ' s given at the local technical high school to teach the practical phases of engineering. The fall semester of 1947 brought us all back to South Moun- tain for the first year of regularly scheduled semesters since the war. The summer vacation had been a welcome interlude for many of us vs ho had been going four or ftve semesters straight under the old ac- celerated program. Much refreshed after a summer s break, we had lost that punchy look and were ready for another year s rat race. It was amid the excitement of football weekends and speculation on the merits of the nation s football teams that we lived the days of autumn. Founder s Day brought the first break, and we were given the day off to waste away. The frosh put out a vain effort to spill the sophs in the annual tug of war, but the upperclassmen had more pull. The rope was a mite weary, for it broke twice, but when the old haws- er did hold, the frosh did not and they were doomed to a semester un- der their dinks. Some atonement for this fate was gleaned from the frosh football teams 12-6 triumph over the junior varsity eleven. 21