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              dick eckhardt 2nd polio case much better lehigh's other polio victim dick eckhardt 57 is reported in excell ent spirits and progressing well ac cording to his nurse he has re quested movement to the bethlehem steel ward where there is more activity dick has regained controlled movement of his head and left arm although his right arm and both legs are still comparatively immobile he has shown considerable im provement in breathing but is still using a rocking bed and an artificial respirator his fine progress is par tially attributed to the many visitors he has had during the past months prof willard injured by accident in home all members of a watershed as sociation have something in com mon they wish to protect the land and water resources for a number of reasons with organization of these watershed associations the ends of these varied interests may be better fulfilled one of the interesting features at the congress was the declaration that big dams are not necessary to control floods in some western states in fact congressmen have been elected or defeated because of their views on this aspect of flood control midwestern people generally do not favor the huge projects undertaken by the army corps of engineers because they have found that these over sized proj ects waste valuable land and do not provide as much water as could be had under another sys tem the amount spent on upstream see big page 4 prof bradford willard of the geology department is reported by st luke's hospital as showing im provement a'.ler a fall down a flight of stairs at his home tuesday night which resulted in injuries of a broken pelvis and a fractured skull his wife mrs elise k wil lard said that the accident oc curred at about 10 p.m she said the professor was walking down the darkened hall-way on the second floor and had just gotten past the door to his room when he tumbled down the staircase what caused the fall was not im mediately able to be determined he was then taken to st luke's hospi tal for treatment of his injuries prof willard and his wife reside at 18 e church st in bethlehem by george beezer four lehigh representatives — professors f j trembley george jenkins j b mcfadden and robert harrier secretary of the alumni as sociation — returned here tuesday night after attending sessions mon day and tuesday of the national watershed congress at the hotel statler in washington guest speakers at the con gress banquet monday were three cabinet members secre tary of agriculture ezra t ben son army secretary robert t stevens and secretary of the interior douglas mckay this trio accompanied by their undersecretaries surprised the 400 representatives from 38 states by re vealing that they are the principal members of a presidential commit tee designed to discuss and develop a thorough policy for the federal government regarding the develop ment and management of natural resources the watershed congress is spon sored by a number of groups inter ested in the conservation of natural resources most of those attending represented interests of education soil conservation farm industrial and wildlife groups although many were simply observers the aim of the congress was agreement on a policy for land and water conservation at tuesday's meeting a committee of the congress urged lifting undesirable restrictions on federal aid to small watersheds increased federal appropriations in the field and more adequate state agencies to help develop ment programs for protection of land alert students save drowning /. drowning was narrowly avoided in the lehigh pool wednesday when students pulled from the water jack smith 58 after he had been swim ming under water longer than he could stand smith had been warned previous ly about swimming under water but he did not heed the warnings other members of the gym class gave him artificial respiration before he was rushed to st luke's hospital for ob servation he was released that af ternoon lu bethlehem pa volume 66 — number 20 friday december 10,1954 sex and versatility feature scl show dr bradford willard bruce thompson succumbs to polio bruce thompson by bob balestier at 5:05 p.m wednesday star athlete bruce thompson died admitted to st luke's hospital tuesday with bulbar polio bruce suc cumbed quickly to the dread paralytic disease even before most of le high was aware of his startling seizure the lehigh scene was stunned when knowledge of his death reached its dinner tables friends who ate dinner with bruce saturday reported that he did not feel good then had a sore throat and had almost no appetite he had received a shot of penicillin at the health center 4 professors attend resources convo jessica tandy and hume cronyn lehigh to hold vesper service sunday at 4p.m sacred strains dating from the 16th century to the present time will echo through the chapel during the annual christmas vesper service sunday december 12 at 4 p.m in packer memorial church the holiday anticipatory serv ice is being presented by the choir of moravian college the lehigh glee club and the le high orchestra-brass choir the program will serve as an offer ing of the music department's sunday recital series it was an nounced by prof william h schempf yesterday president whitaker will bring greetings to the attendants and dr raymond s haupert president of moravian will narrate the christ mas story the service will be con ducted by rev raymond e fuessle chaplain and robert cutler chapel organist will preside at the console and direct the glee club warner norman will lead the moravian college choir while prof schempf will conduct the orchestra brass choir norman is organist and see lu page 3 general review of the sex situ ation by dorothy parker will serve as one of the diversified dramatic offerings of the versatile show couple jessica tandy and hume cronyn when they perform in their program tonight at 8 o'clock in grace hall the production which will mark the third offering of scl this season will include in ad dition to the parker presenta tion two proposals and a mar riage the noted stage screen radio and television acting duo will also present three scenes entitled hilda crane by samson raphaelson pride and prejudice by jane aus tin and the fourposter by jan de hartog undergraduates will be admitted without the regular admission charge of 1.50 upon presentation of their identificaton cards reserved section tickets will be sold at a cost of 2.50 tickets at reduced prices for students wives faculty mem bers employees and graduate students are on sale at the reg istrar's office in the alumni memorial building the cronyn's personal appearance production which bears the title face to face has been culled from their recent theater successes and implemented by excerpts of both classical and popular prose and poetry among the colleges and univer sities where the program has been given are cornell illinois michigan state ohio state purdue and west virginia it's a stage menu of meat and potatoes souffle and a drought of champagne was the publish ed remark of fred johnson of the san francisco call bulletin following their stop at lehigh the celebrated couple will return to broadway for a limited run of their successful production of the four poster directed by jose ferrer in the first dramatic program to be shown on television on a regular color basis the cronyns starred in see sex page 3 after his admission to the hospi tal his condition became worse by wednesday morning he was placed in the isolation ward in critical con dition with paralysis about the face and neck affecting his respiration swallowing and speech he did not survive the day among the last to see the 21 year-old alive were his parents mr and mrs john e thompson who visited him tuesday night along with basketball coach anthony packer a transfer from wagner col lege the sharp-shooting guard from brooklyn n.y rewrote the lehigh basketball record book last year as he set a season scoring mark of 358 points in 20 games averaging just under 18 points a game bruce scored more than 23 points in one game on five occasions drop ping in 26 against rutgers for his high mark in addition he was regu lar third baseman and a consistent hitter for the lehigh baseball team last spring having been a standout in two sports the talented junior was ex pected to be a mainstay on both the basketball and baseball teams dur ing his two remaining years of eli gibility if he had been able to main tain his scoring game of last year as had been hoped he would have be come a serious threat to the all-time lehigh scoring record held by ed die cahn lehigh university brown and white