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Volume 11, Issue 8
Lehigh University Campus Weekly
October 14,1997
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Founder's Day 1997: The robed procession
Markley tells Founder's Day
Joe Ryan
Lehigh must emphasize excellence
Nelson G. Markley, new
provost and vice president for
academic affairs, stressed the
need for academic excellence at
Lehigh's annual Founder's Day
celebration Oct. 9 in Packer
Memorial Chapel.
"I believe an emphasis on
excellence broadly conceived
should be Lehigh's hallmark in
the coming decade," Markley
said. "I have chosen not to define
excellence, " he continued. "From
my standpoint, it is a community
value."
Markley said an emphasis on
excellence must be "broadly
pursued by the entire university
community. Our contributions to
the greater Bethlehem community must also be excellent."
He said Lehigh can be a leader
in linking research to teaching.
As research enriches Lehigh's
curricula, he noted, it will
increase the potential for exciting
undergraduate research experiences.
According to Markley, Lehigh
must continue to attract and
appoint the best new Ph.D.s in
the country, who in turn, will
attract high school students
looking at colleges. "Recruitment,
orientation and retention of
outstanding undergraduates are
areas on which we should focus
our excellence," he said.
"For the high school graduates,
their futures are at stake as they
select a college, learn to live on
the campus and study in their
freshman courses," said Markley.
"In the process they are putting
enormous trust in all of us."
Markley also noted the need to
Please see Founder on page 4
Steven Patriarca '98 (right) talks up the Good Scholar Election with Lisa
Regalia '98 and T. J. Furman '98 at lunch in the Asa Packer Dining Room.
8th Annual Good Scholar Election
to raise money for cancer research
Zeta Psi fraternity has launched its
annual drive to raise money for cancer
research.
The 8th Annual Good Scholar
Election, an event that raises thousands, is being dedicated to Warren
W. Burnard Jr. *94, who died of
cancer in April.
Candidates for the election must
register by Oct. 29. Voting is scheduled for Nov. 9-24, and prizes will be
awarded at 7 p.m., Nov. 24, in Neville
II Auditorium.
Edwin Burnard, who has a B.S.
and an M.S. from Lehigh and is the
younger brother of Warren, will speak
at the awards ceremony. Edwin works
for a pharmaceutical firm in
Norristown, Pa.
The first Good Scholar Election
was sponsored by Tau Epsilon Phi, a
fraternity that has since left campus.
The fraternity brothers came up with
the idea of a cancer-research
fundraiser after their adviser, Alvin
Cohen, professor of economics, was
stricken with cancer. Cohen recovered and now advises Zeta Psi.
Last year, Zeta Psi raised $21,000
for the American Cancer Society after
64 candidates were registered for the
election. This year, said Zeta Psi
president Steven Patriarca *98, the
fraternity's goal is to raise $25,000.
Candidates must have a grade-
point average of 3.25 or higher and
Please see Scholar on page 4
Taylor Gym dedication
saves the best for last
Friday's dedication of the
five-year-old transformation of
Taylor Gymnasium, held at
the end of a week of
unseasonal 80-degree temperatures, began as an occasion for the luminaries.
The audience of 120 included most of Lehigh's
trustees, most of its office of
development and most of its
vice presidents, assistant VPs
and deans. Interim president
William C. Hittinger '44
spoke, as did Ronald J.
Ulrich '65, chairman of the
board of trustees, and Joseph
D. Sterret '76, university
athletic director.
On hand was Lillian
Taylor Savage of Diamond
Bar, Calif., the granddaughter
of Dr. Charles Lewis Taylor,
a member of Lehigh's Class of
1876 for whom the gymnasium, Taylor Residential
College and the former Taylor
Stadium were named. Taylor,
a chief assistant to steel
magnate Andrew Carnegie, is
credited with creating the
concept of time management.
But the most cogent remarks made at the 30-minute
dedication ceremony came
from two student-athletes.
"This is a special day for
me," said Philip M.
Auerbach *98, captain of the
men's golf team, which, under
Please see Taylor on page 4
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