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              see debate page 6 by dick gaintner will the recent memorandum from dean byron c hayes regard ing minors drinking at parties change your position on chaperon ing in order to secure faculty opinion on the recent re-inter pretation of the university drinking regulations this ques tion was asked of many profes sors some declined to comment dr frank e myers head of the department of physics answered the query thus no the new memo randum will not change our position regarding chaperoning in the past i have never seen anyone at lehigh whom i knew was a minor being served alcoholic beverages we feel that the parties can be a lot of fun and less troublesome with out drinking was the comment of prof francis j hasek we intend to continue to chaperone parties and gatherings and expect as in the past that fraternity houses will abide by the rules he continued i think we realize what the students are up against and feel that rules are for the benefit of the student another member of the faculty who wished to have his name with held made this statement i do not chaperone now because i feel that i can't assume the responsibilities that go with it before a faculty member chaper ones he gets a letter from the dean's office listing his responsibili ties i feel due to precedents set at lehigh that it is impossible to live up to the obligations concerning his position to ward chaperoning prof francis j quirk head of the fine arts department said that it would in no way whatsoever change his attitude i don't think it the ban on drinking is going to effect the par see party page 3 10 activities expansion seen with new center by ray farkas it's the law of the land and that's it there's no question about it stated the director of residence halls philip b woodroofe it shall be unlawful ... to permit any liquor or malt or brewed beverage to be sold fur nished or given to any minor person under 21 ." so reads the pennsylvania liquor code of 1951 i asked what suddenly brought this j decision about woodroofe said in the day to day business of the ] university the problem of serving alcoholic beverages in the proposed : university center came up they j went to their legal counsel for an ' intrepretation of the state law it was found to be illegal to furnish or j give alcohol to minors a reapprais ; al of the campus situation was ne cessary in light of it the university had three alter . natives which they could follow they could 1 ban liquor and beer completely 2 take steps them selves to enforce the code or 3 pass the responsibility of enforce ment on to the student leaders they chose the third measure and i think , it was the wisest and most lenient . way of the three so woodroofe said it was a matter that came up in the day philip b woodroofe to day business of the universi ty dean congdon however told the b&w that complaints from the townspeople had brought this prohibition down upon the student body no it wasn't the complaints it was a thing that came out of the blue said the director of the resi dence halls asked if he thought the ban is a good thing woodroofe said i don't think it is a question of choice between the good aspects and the bad aspects the law states it there is no choice woodroofe thought that there would be a temporary reduction in the number of parties in the resi dence halls until the students had see woodroofe pa^e 6 following is a condensed version of the report submitted to the student activities committee by the sub committee on student organizations concerning facilities in the univer sity center the sub-committee feels that the prime consideration with regard to use by student organizations of the university center will be the effi cient utilization of facilities with respect to time space and expense it is our contention that the strength activity and useful see act-rvntes page s groups are too expensive the sub committee feels that the organiza tional activities can be taken care of by assigning joint use of semi private facilities to groups whose activities do not conflict providing a central authority to schedule use of all public rooms and other facili ties providing sufficient filing desk and working space in a central lo cation for those groups not given private or semi-private rooms demand on the secretarial staff ness of many student organiza tions is subject to wide varia tion over a period of years one has only to glance at an epito me of five or 10 years ago to dis cover that student activities to day have different areas of em phasis than their counterparts of yesteryear it is to be expected that the acti vities of student groups will be ex panded about 10 per cent when the new center is in use naturally ade quate private fecilities ar all brown and w hite volume 66 — number 24 friday january 14 1955 drinking antics led to memo - congdon lehigh university bethlehem pa several faculty uphold dean's al cohol stand by george l beezer intoxicated students speeding through the center of town waving beer bottles from car windows inebriated high school kids going home ill from fraternity parties and young high school girls getting themselves into moral trouble as a result of their alcoholic over-indulgences at le high parties were cited by dean wray h congdon speaking to the ifc president's meeting monday night as some of the instances causing the recent memorandum on under-age drinking the dean also cited the change in the number of people eligible to drink legally as well as the problem of serving drinks in the new university center he claimed that the unfortunate occurences men tioned caused the administration to ask counsel to re-interpret the state liquor code at the same meeting ifc's presi dential delegates were informed that permission to serve beer or other alcoholic beverages to rushees would not be granted by the ad ministration on the grounds that rushing parties are by definition according to dean congdon to en tertain the freshmen ifc keeping pace with the dean passed a motion prohibiting the serving of beer in any house dur ing rushing in 1955 the reason giv en for the rule was that it would put all houses on an equal basis breaches of the new regulation are subject to action by the ifc judi ciary committee which has the au thority to fine any house up to 100 as well as suspend a convicted house from continuing rushing such a rule obviously will be followed to the letter since no fraternity can afford to jeopar dize its position in regard to rushing although not mitigat ing the rule in any sense ifc noted that houses who take small groups of rushees into public drinking places would not be subject to disciplinary action since such an occurrence does not fall under ifc's juris diction large gatherings such as those in a rented hall where beer would be served would not be considered a violation of the rule since ifc has no control over this either the uni versity's position here has not yet been stated the dean's definition of rushing though no one noticed it does not include those students who would be entertained with a view toward pledging though not fresh dean congdon said that the uni versity was well aware that many i parents are pleased that their sons arts trio awarded washington study checking some points of law in preparation for washington semes ter are l to r michael butterman arthur roth and myron harkavy dean wray h congdon english english & more of same three juniors — one journalism and two english majors — have been chosen to participate in the washington semester program of the college of arts and sciences myron harkavy michael butter man and brown and white editor in-chief arthur roth will attend american university in the nation's capital next seemster washington semester is spon sored by the arts college to re ward superior students with the opportunity to study the pro cesses of government first-hand each man will work on a proj ect of his own choice and at tend seminars on government in addition to carrying six hours of classes all credits will be added to their lehigh records harkavy and butterman are members of pi lambda phi frater nity and expect to enter law school in the near future roth is a town student living in fullerton as his project butterman will un dertake a study of how the u.s is combatting communism in the far east roth will study the president ial press conference while har kavy will review the attorney general's office and its fight on sub versives dorm buffet suppers urged by woodroofe english english and more eng lish was the answer of the panelists to the question what shall we teach in the high schools for the lehigh chapter of the american as sociation of university professors wednesday in the library browsing room discussion centered around the recent criticism of amer ican secondary education by ar thur e bestor jr entitled educational wastelands the debate was moderated by dr howard j b ziegler head of the department of philosophy lemuel r johnston instructor of education accused bestor of bias based on inadequate research he quoted bestor and a report by a group at harvard to show that the see ban page 6