Brown and White Vol. 70 no. 1

              done a great deal of work in meteor ology dr kaplan received his doc torate from johns hopkins in 1927 and since has been associated with princeton and ucla where he now heads the physics department during the war dr kaplan served as head of the operations analysis section of the air weather service after the war he was appointed to the air force scientific advisory board dr kaplan's appearance is being sponsored by the departments of physics chemistry biology and geology by sigma xi the aip stu dent section and the eckfeldt so ciety in cooperation with cls in a letter to parents glick point ed out the trustees decision was necessary to permit continued in creases in faculty salaries it was made only after a careful analysis led to the conclusion that improved salaries must be the principal con cern if lehigh is to maintain its high standards of operation these increases in the salaries of college professors and other teachers must be continued until teaching be comes one of the more desirable pro fessions the long-range alternative is to drive our best minds into other fields glick's letter states the trus tees recognize this increased cost in spite of advance notice of one year will be a hardship for some of our students every effort will be made to minimize such hardships through increased scholarships loans and self-help opportunities in a survey taken of nine private men's colleges it was found the new tuition fee ranks high on the list dartmouth 1,170 princeton 1,100 lehigh 1,100 lafayette 1,000 brown 950 yale 850 muhlenberg 810 georgetown 750 and massachusetts institute of technology 650 varilla renamed b&w chief with only six living groups on probation the all-university scholas tic average 2.085 in a traditional spring semester upsurge jumped to its highest point in two years only one fraternity sigma phi with a 1.736 average was placed on scholastic probation once again the gryphon society led all living groups with a 2.862 average the society consisting of counselors was formed at the be ginning of last year and has led the school both semesters of its exist ence theta chi again led the frater nities with a 2.485 average bank avg living group 1 2.862 qrfptaoß society 2 2.600 leonard hall 3 2.485 theta chi 4 2.446 dravo house c-111 5 2.422 dravo house d-i • 2.392 tau delta phi 7 2.386 theta xi 2.373 senior class s 2.339 delta phi !) 2.335 dravo house a-1i hi 2.309 delta sigma phi 11 2.29i2 mcclintic-marshall house 1 a 12 2.265 richards house i 13 2,228 alpha tau omega 1 4 2.227 sigma chi 18 2.222 mcclintic-marshall house 11-a 10 2.193 pi lambda phi 17 2.179 beta theta pi 2.167 all town men 2.152 all non-fraternity town men 2.151 non-dorm and non-town fra ternity men 15 2.144 lambda chi alpha 1 2.1244 kappa alpha 20 2.1236 delta chi 21 2.119 phi gamma delta 22 2.117 chi phi 3 2.114 alpha sigma phi 2.110 jnior class 2.109 all fraternity men 21 2.007 mcclintic-marshall house 11-b 2 2.090 sigma nu 20 2.088 taylor hau b see gryphons page 4 see linemen page 10 starting in the backfield along with scheu and burger will be speedy al kovach at left half back and ron lauretti a 24 year-old ex-marine at fullback kovach will be remembered from last year for his 61 yard run in the bucknell game and laurietti a con verted lineman is an untried per former senior halfback john o'ryan is lost to the team until the harvard game at least sidelined by a hair line fracture and jim strain a sur prise returnee at right half was forced to leave the squad as the re sult of a recurring knee injury in the line things shape up a little differently with not as many newcomers although there are a few position changes says coach leckonby our line can't be called green as a unit but when taken by individual posi tions the players who will see a great deal of action will man different positions from those they played last year the line at center will be re turning letterman tom deflavis backed up by sophomore ed murphy who's looked good in prac tice thus far moving over from re no revolution seen by leith there will be no dynamic change or revolution in the office of dean of students dean j douglas leith said that changes come about in a gradual evolution rather than a dynamic personal change leith who assumed the po sition of dean of students upon the retirement of dr wray h congdon now dean of the graduate school said the dean's office does not have as much work as in previous years dean congdon had duties other see lehigh page 5 fourth estate heads — from left to right robert jyi walters editorial director richard r husser business manager and joseph a varilla editor-in-chief joseph a varilla 59 has been reappointed editor-in-chief of the brown and white by the board of publications for the fall semester other members of the publica tion's editorial staff are robert walters 60 editorial director and richard r husscr 59 busi ness manager robert j cochnar 61 will assume the post of news editor heading the sports staff will be peter m bur dash 59 robert d stebbins 61 has been reappointed photo editor the desk editor's position will be filled by robert a grinchuk 60 john w burden 59 alan s segal 60 have been named to the positions of circulation man ager and financial manager re spectively assistant sports editors slots have been assumed by roy w briggs 61 and denis j murphy 60 reappointed to makeup editor was orlin l livdahl 61 vol 70 — no 1 brown and white bethlehem pa friday september 26 1958 un 6-0331 gridders open 58 campaign tomorrow vs delaware hens scheu set to open at qb slot tuition to rise again next sept for the third time in four years lehigh will increase undergraduate tuition 100 per year effective next september elmer w glick univer sity treasurer announced today the new rate of 1,100 annually will cover tuition in each of the three colleges the additional fee of 8100 for students enrolled in the college of engineering and for students registered in the five year arts and engineering program beyond the first year will be con tinued averages reach two-year high kill that hen — star end bud wenzel captain charlie burger and coach bill leckonby see bad luck for the blue hens by denis murphy lehigh will depend on sophomore bob scheu to fill the shoes of dan nolan as the engineers open their season at 1:30 p.m at taylor stadium against the dangerous blue hens of delaware tomorrow starting his first season in three years without nolan coach bill leckonby selected scheu a 170-pound southpaw from maplewood n.j as a re sult of his fine play in the prin ceton scrimmage last saturday backing him up will be john highfield another sophomore and george theiss a junior coach leckonby's biggest job since the football squad arrived back on campus september 3rd has been finding a replacement for lehigh's little ail-american sensation no lan leckonby was also pleased with the performance of captain charlie burger in the princeton fray kaplan igy chairman to lecture here oct 1 dr joseph kaplan u.s chairman for the international geophysical year will initiate this year's co operative lecture series wednesday with a lecture on igy in packard lab auditorium at 8 p.m activities which have been undertaken during the igy will be the topic of the lecture dr kaplan will interpret the results achieved so far the worldwide program has been a cooperative effort of scientists to study weather conditions ocean cur rents cosmic radiation along with the well-known satellite program the speaker is prominent in the field of physics in addition he has pep rally tonight the annual pre-season fresh man pep rally will be held on the steps of drinker house this evening at 730 the varsity cheerleaders cap tained by hank little will be present to lead the neophytes in the traditional cheers and yells of the university all freshmen are required to attend