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              the new system the group also asked the dean for a reevaluation of his rushing plan and for a written reply as to why he for mulated this system the solons noted that while rush ing is now a closed issue the student body deserves an explana tion of the dean's actions according to president jack branning the big missing piece in this puzzle is why the dean has done this solon bill horton appointed to by charles miller b&iv ass't news ed arcadia wednesday night voted unanimously to send a letter to dean j d leith requesting an ex planation of his recent decision on fraternity rushing the group noted he appar ently did not consider plans submitted by student life com mittee and interfraternity coun cil as to the formation of a rushing program in noting student disapproval of culminating a controversy which stretches back to early fall semester residence halls council tuesday night adopted a new constitution which will give individual houses greater governing responsibility a new student organization known as residence halls student body of lehigh university will be created with adoption of the new constitution ah students living in the residence halls except mem bers or pledges of social fraternities and members of the gryphon society will be members of rhsblu purpose of the plan is to establish representative self-government to create cooperation through a united body between the students of the residence halls and the university to work for a more cohesive and co operative relationship between the students in the residence halls and to advance the welfare and common interests of the students living in the residence halls in conjunction with the wishes of the individual houses the new constitution sets up resi dence halls council as a governing body and reduces the rhc group from 13 to 10 in number committee members describe the new setup as less of a central power in rhc and a fairer distribution of votes and representation for members of the freshman residence halls freshmen will have greater representation on the council's concessions committee the new constitution remains to be ratified by s of the in dividual living group sections be fore it becomes effective presi dent richard topping described the new document as very sat isfactory and complimented the committee which drafted it headed by edward barber on its clear thinking the rhc controversy which started late last otcober with fresh man complaints over payment of see rhc page 3 a murder — silas morse second from left portrays thomas a becket in m&c's presentation of murder in the cathedral sunday m & c to present eliot play sunday arcadia by ifc told the group that a highly-placed university official had told him the univer sity is unwilling to have rushing in the beginning of the semester because of the amount of money that has been poured into the freshman counseling system brannings comment was i would like to see this in writing a similar motion to send a letter to dean leith had been tabled at an earlier meeting to give ifc a chance to meet and consider the matter elections committee chairman john roglieri announced the sched ule for forthcoming class elections announcement of class elections re sults will be made this year during the flagpole day ceremonies petitions for those running for class offices will be available in the student activities office on april 13 completed petitions must be returned by april 17 advertising will be permitted in the brown and white start ing april 21 even though cam paigning in general begins the preceding friday balloting will be held on may 4 5 and 6 the ballots will not be counted until the evening of may 12 and the results will not be an nounced until may 13 flagpole day in regard to flagpole day ar cadia voted 30 to permit class of ficers and arcadians to attend a luncheon to be held jointly with the p.e department vice-president harry mcnally told the group that the faculty had voted to shorten class on flagpole day by 10 min utes to permit ample time for the ceremonies bill eberhart reported that gen percy sadler wanted the see arcadia page 4 b&w tops all in ang contest the brown and white has cap tured top honors in the first annual collegiate award contest of the mid dle atlantic district council of the american newspaper guild local president robert golden told the paper the b&w was cited for excel lence in its general presentation of news news evaluation make up editorials material readabil ity and its imagination and in itiative the guild which judged the march 10 and 13 issues praised the paper's news treatment of campus events particularly the rushing controversy golden said the contest is part of the educational program of the ang and is intended to interest journal ism students in the newspaper field the local guild president noted the paper will receive a scroll and will be feted at a luncheon highlighted by an ad dress by joseph collins na tional guild president judges were working newspaper men from papers in allentown scranton and elizabeth n.j honors program takes 21 sophs twenty-one sophomores will par ticipate in the honors program next september dean glenn j christien sen announced this week the new scholars are joseph n pittenger business adminis tration michael e kostelnik peter m jeffers richard k martin sigmund silber edward j gucker richard e lambert william e brown and eckehart a koehler all arts accepted from the college of en gineering are william b deem john f talucci robert paternoster stephen vogel arthur coumaux john b buchanan denis m mul herin roy w hermansen harold e watkins alexander b cannera robert c emerson and nicholas m gurdosh three seminars will be offered next fall in the three honors course areas — the life sciences the physical sciences and the social sciences as usual course context will be left to the discretion of the professors di recting the seminars basic to all courses is the closer personal rela tionship between teacher and stu dent which prevails in the seminars prof saul b barber will conduct a seminar titled the physiological mechanisms in animal behavior an analysis of animal behavior designed to give the student an integrated start toward an understanding of animal functioning the physical sciences seminar will be a study of the deductive pro see program page 4 lehigh crest to sing david king david termed the most am bitious musical undertaking at le high since the 1956 music festival will be presented a week from saturday in grace hall the combined choruses of le high and cedar crest will sing the arthur honegger work the original instrumentation of which will be played by a 16 piece orchestra because the performance is spon sored by the a n cleaver memor ial fund there will be no charge for tickets these can be picked up at the student activities office see narration page 3 coming attraction — the tommy dorsey orchestra directed by warren covington poses for the camera the dorsey-covington group will be the featured attraction at spring houseparty now only two weeks away also appearing as musical attractions for the friday night dance will be bob mcclister and his band and the kingsmen a rock n roll group both have appeared on campus before and have been well-received lehigh students meanwhile are making final preparations far the weekend sponsored by the class of 60 dates are being lined up bands are being signed for the late-night parties and decorations committees are starting their work the scene canterbury cathedral england the time december 29 1170 sir thomas of becket archbishop of canterbury is saying mass suddenly four drunken knights from the court of king henry ii ap proach the sanctuary and in full view of the congregation murder sir thomas this as students of english history know actually happened it will happen again sunday at 4 p.m and 7:30 p.m during the mustard and cheese production of t s eliot's murder in the cathedral at packer memorial church the coming performance is unqiue however in that special music has been written by prof jonathan elkus for the drama it will be per formed by prof robert cutler university organist murder in the cathedral has since been produced many times in many places and will be presented at lehigh by mustard and cheese for the third time this sunday the first presentation was in 1951 fol lowed by another in 1953 murder has been described from different viewpoints by people connected with the pro duction but all conclude that it is extraordinary prof h barrett davis director of the play feels that it is one of the great religious dramas of all time see chapel page 3 lehigh university brown and white vol 70 — no 37 new constitution adopted by rhc bethlehem pa friday april 10 1959 un 6-0331 solons ask explanation of leith's rush decision class petitions available mon petitions for class offices will be available at the student ac tivities office in the university center starting april 13 they must be completed and returned by april 17