Brown and White Vol. 71 no. 1

              vol 71 no 1 strike causes indian program postponement development plan underway bethlehem pa 22 million plan includes building and endowment jlehigh s 22 million development program leading to the univer sity's 100 th anniversary in 1965-66 is still in the planning stages ad ministration officials have told the brown and white fund raising campaigns for the program which was announced early in the summer by board of trustees president monroe j rathbone are not scheduled to begin for some time the long-range planning program includes 12,000,000 for three new major buildings additions to the two existing structures equipment and expanded facilities and 10,000,000 for endowment purposes in cluded in the trustees plans for increased endowment is the establish ment of 20 additional distinguished service professorships at the same time the acquisition of approximately 500 acres in the saucon valley and on the western slope of south mountain by trades with the city of bethlehem and the bethlehem steel company was announced this brings the total acreage of the university to more than 700 acres or four times the present size of the campus the projected use of extensive acreage at the summit of south mountain contiguous to the present campus has been made pos sible with the opening up of the area through the installa tion of roads and utilities by the bethlehem steel company in the development of its own research facilities preliminary planning for the de velopment of the newly acquired saucon valley acreage as well as the south mountain area has been submitted by clarke & rapuano of new york who have been respon sible for proposals to the rede velopment authority of ihe city of see 22 million page 7 great potential in frosh class seidle reveals i the longest steel strike in history as forced the postponement of ehigh's indian steel engineers pro ram instep according to instep adviser george smith the ford founda tion-sponsored program which offers four-day on-the-job train ing at bethlehem steel plus one day of classroom training weekly at lehigh was post poned because of plant inac tivity smith said that if the strike lasts longer than the current year the program might have to be put off until next semester since 39 weeks of study are required in order to include the 1959-60 schedule in the program smith said trainees may have to double up for the following term previously lehigh's instep - pei-s were housed in taylor hall during their stay carnegie tech case youngstown illinois tech and lehigh partici pated in the program due to their proximity to large steel companies in bethlehem however observ ers report the strike-bound city is not as hard-hit as expected local chamber of commerce retail chairman charles h young revealed local business see strike page 6 how soon two of the five buildings included in the 22 million development plan are depicted through artist's sketches arts building is at top chem e.-met building at bottom is scheduled to be first built under the program no greeks on pro all-u average hits 2.11 delta upsilon on probation delta upsilon fraternity has been placed on social probation for a four-week period usually reliable sources told the brown and white yesterday although unconfirmed by uni versity or fraternity officials the paper learned that the fra ternity had received the penalty over the summer as a result of hazing activities carried on during the past school year du house president edward de hart refused any comment on the report reports that kappa alpha frater nity was also on four-week proba tion were refuted by ifc judiciary committee chairman torre wat kins watkins told the b&w there is no action pending against ka and no action has been taken watkins attributed the kappa alpha reports to a case of mistaken identity see 719 page 5 by jeff cox the class of 1963 arrived with the usual caravan of cars the visual confused faces the usual flourish of activities and the un usual number of 719 freshmen normally the freshman class consists of slightly over 700 men to accommodate the un anticipated surplus of 19 men the university refurnished the old delta tau delta fraternity house into a new freshman residence hall park house the class is diverse although communally capped with dinks the bearers come from 25 states the district of columbia and six for eign countries iran columbia italy cuba venezuela and viet nam are represented in the class of 63 the class was graduated from 420 secondary schools five are al umni grandsons 46 sons 28 broth ers and 40 nephews academically the class is one of great potential the average college board scores for the en tire class were determined and compared with previous class's marks dr charles seidle di rector of admission noted the class of 1963 scored an average of 15 points higher on their ceeb tests than last year's class sophomores at 2.037 and freshmen at 1.933 town students scored a 2.199 fraternity men a 2.114 and residence halls students a 2.053 included in the spring listings for the first time was a non fraternity classification members of this group reached a 2.107 1 gryphon society 2.860 2 dravo c-2 2.5*8 s tau delta i'hi 2.5-15 4 dravo c-l 2.:>ir 5 leonard hall 2.450 (!. thetn chi 2.4:55 senior class 2.400 7 dravo 1)-1 2.890 s m-m 8-a 2.380 0 dravo a-2 2.377 10 dravo v.-2 2.305 11 pi lambda phi 2.2.5 12 drinkit 1 2.20 13 dravo d-4 2.233 1 1 alpha tau omega 2.226 mi kappa sigma 2.224 10 m-m ib 2.219 17 m-m 1-a 2.20g2 18 kappa alpha 2.2058 ah town men 2.199 19 delta si^nia i'm 2.194 20 theta xi 2.191 21 chi i'hi 2.189 22 dravo d-2 2.1«7 non-fraternity town 2,179 28 i'lii delta theta 2.1784 24 m-m •'! i 2.1780 all non-freshmen 2.177 25 pi kappa alpha 2.101 20 phi sigma kappa 2.154 27 sigma chi 2.153 non-dorm & n.on-town frat 2 126 28 sigma phi kpsilon 2.21.t 29 delta phi 2.110 fraternity men 2.114 80 dravo a-4 2.1114 31 chi psi 2.1108 entire university 2.1104 32 drinker 3-15 2.1096 non-fraternity men 2,107 see 6 living page 3 delt house parks unanticipated frosh how about a homburg lncoming freshman tries on the latest in fashionable headgear at rotc uniform distribution during freshman week the event was part of a hectic orientation week wh'ch included everything from psychological tests to movies during the last two years the per centage of local students who com mute has dropped from 80 per cent to 50 per cent while the admission has remained at a constant level dr seidle cited this and the in creasing number of admission ac ceptances as the reasons for the new residence hall rather than attempting to crowd the excess students into the exist ing freshman or upperclass resi dence halls the university rebuilt the fraternity house at a reported see park page 3 lchigh's all-university average reached the 21104 mark during the spring semester — highest spring av erage in five years no fraternities fell below the 1.8 scholarship mark necessary for living group probation two houses — lambda chi al pha arid delta upsilon — were removed from probationary sta tus at the end of the semester lambda chi alpha missed a sec ond semester of probation by 008 and was ranked lowest fraternity with a 1.808 leading the greeks was tau delta phi with a 2.545 followed by theta chi and pi lambda phi the gryphon society consistent leader in the average listings since its inception two years ago again topped the living group list with a 2,869 a freshman section dravo c-2 was in second place with a 2.588 lowest group for both spring and fall semesters was dravo c-3 which dropped to a 1.471 in the spring sharing the bottom of the aca demic ladder with dravo c-3 were five other living groups all fresh man sections which were below the 1.8 mark the senior class average reached an unusual high — 2.4 other classes remained near their former levels with the juniors at the 2.07 mark the future of park house is def initely temporary reported c b campbell associate dean of stu dents and director of residence halls use of the converted delta tau delta house was necessitated by a higher percentage of accept ances added dr charles a seidle director of admissions dean campbell said the uni versity is planning to use the house only this year it is pos sible park house may be used in the future but we are only considering this year he added tuesday sept 22 1959 brown and white