Brown and White Vol. 71 no. 6

              ; arcadia wednesday night adopted a proposal to se v t up an all student traffic court to handle university parking violations the proposal if approved by the university administration would give the court jurisdiction on all student traffic and ' parking violations it will replace the system of fines imposed by the depart - ment of building and grounds and disciplinary action meted out to habitual offenders by the university disciplinary committee m in other business the solons appointed paul jvliller 61 and pearn niqer 0 to the university disciplinary committee and nominated student members for the bookstore and student educational policy domfjtlfttees a campus chest committee rewrt was approved providing foj pre ferred distribution f tickets for the houseparty and lafayette football games living groups sponsoring the first second and third place win persjsp\the ugly man contest vrill receive the top thrqe priority positions fdr distribution of house party tickets , |, first and second place choices for the lafa^ett game tickets will go to the living groups which have the highest per cap ita contribution to the campos chest during its fall drive both proposals are subject to ap •'¦' pboval of the athletic depart ment • membership came up for discus sion at several times during the two-hour-plus meeting arcadian john talupci 61 was granted the rigw^tg-^ein^in gr^»th a tft ar cadi aftdou r^wih i toe unable to at tend wednesday r eveiyzig ' mgetjngs due to a scheduled class the group was told that solon william clarke 61 had unofficially fold severa members that he planned io resign from the grotip neai duffy 60 attended his first meditation — robert defiant harpsichordist takes a few moments out for thought during the intermission of the first cleaver concert of 1959 the musician played music traditional of the 17th century parlor noting a very interesting and significant change in attitudes on the part of both sides in the east '.,¦¦*& ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ " i west ideological struggle xjhd4ey will comment on what he belfeies to be ajiew stage in s.aviet-u.s re lations also included in his speech will be impressions of the east-west strugglelm asian and african na lions as well a observations of the effects of khrushchev's recent visit to the u.s lindley will address approximate ly 132 graduates — 70 baccalaureate 0 masters and , 12 doctor of philo sophy candidates mr lindley will receive the only honorary degree doctor of laws also attending the annual graduation exercise will be fac ulty members and wives par ents friends guests and mem bers of the president's party the ceremony will start at 1:45 sunday when participants in the procession start forming at pack ard lab the processional will pro ceed toward packer memorial chapel at 2:15 p.m following awarding of degrees lindley's address and the remainder of the chapel portion of the pro gram the participants will move to the flagpole area for the traditional flagpole ceremony bach hilites concert conant s technique brilliant delightful by jeff cox harpsichordist robert conant opened the 1959 cleaver concert series tuesday night with a program of baroque and rpcocco music . ... conant performed in the osbourne room of the unviersity center before a standing-room-only audience after a few light introduct ory remarks the concert began with a chaconne by.couperin the effect of the harpsichord and the baroque music drew tjje listen er into the 17th century drawing room atmosphere the music lished and light flowed smoothly from the dual keyboard ¦ , rameau's la joyeuse rigau don tambourin les triolets and la poule followed the coup erin these varied from the sprightly tambourin with its middle-eastern flavor to the strictly . regal rigau don .;.; .. c after these conant remarked on thp juebiilou jneanings f some df i!h4j titles of the pieces "" pnl igh t|ned 0e jon f l'amphibife by cdupefih then broke ihto tinkling cascades of the baroque work the highlight of the program came when conant played toccata in d major by bach the tocatta was well play ed t running up and down in typical bach style then the fugue the fecond part of the piece was started it began slowly adding ixielodies and rising in intricacy a.nd inte.p sity * the music was flawless and the audience intent as ithe i vigue reached its ending „ .-. following the intermission see sro page 5 town cheaper quieter for 200 upperclassmen 1 an enrollment of 2683 undergrad uates was reported recently for the fail semester bjf james h wagner registrar in the graduate school 836 advanced students have enrolled for studies leading to misjar's and dlbctor^tft degrees •' '\* ¦* ; it the undergraduate enrollment , is the same as a year ago but an increase of 35 advanced stu dents was noted in the graduate school over 1958 in announcing this year's enroll ment wagner reported 582 sehiqrs 625 juniors 702 sophomores 763 freshmen and 11 students ia the general college division of the totai enrollment 190 under graduates are registered for the five-year arts-engineeing pogram the enrollment jn the college of arts and science is 523 in the col lege--'of basin ess administration 600 enginefmng are f52f 52 engineering freshmen , other ngineefjtig i department registrations are 7 as follows h ta «••»¦•« - fr *.-, i chemical engineering 102 chem istry 26 civil engineering 87 elec trical engineering 197 engineering mechanics 30 ; engineering physics 69 industrial engineering 123 me chanical engineering 175 metal lurgical engineering 71 mining en gineering 27 „¦.,. ... lower living expenses and quieter surroundings were the two main reasons cited in a brown and white survey for 200 upperclassmen seek ing town rooms this year .. ¦•« '. ,?. a ft rents fat town average between 6 and 10 per week for rooms compared with 9.40 per week charged in mcclintic-marshall and s6.4o per week charged at price and taylor houses although room rents off-campus sometimes run 20 to 50 more per semester the final cost of living in town is considerably less than that of living on campus town residents asserted in size most rooms are as large or larger than those in mcclintic marshal as on campus one to three men live in a room maid service fresh weekly linen and bedspreads are included in the rent at some rooming houses whereas the linen and bedspread service costs on campus students 30 extra for the school year window curtains framed pic tures and adequate closet space in off-campus rooms present an added touch of luxury for some lehigh man unhappy with blank walls and overflowing closets others however live in less than luxury with a bare minimum in furnishings an atmosphere conducive to studying is to be found in these domiciles and is noted as a decided advantage to town living peace and quiet there reign supreme commented one student see less page 5 juniors ignore ticket scalping see can't page 4 junior class cabinet wednesday night refused to condemn current scalping practices on kingstod trio tickets the suggestion to condemn made by the class advisor dr dudley johnson was turned down by the cabinet on the grounds that most people con sidered the scalping practices as a normal consequence of the limited supply of tickets and the belief that the price of the black market tickets would decline in the near future pointed out as evidence of the at titude of the lehigh students on the scalping practices was the general belief that any one who would pay gilhool new dot prexy . thomas gilhool 60 was elect ed president of delta qmicron theta honorary debate society last week gilhool replaces brian skyrms 60 who resigned the position due to academic difficulties , also elected to dot posts were robert jablon 61 secre tary and jeffrey marshall 62 treasurer well done sigma alpha mv members had the.ir dinner inter rupted wednesday night when a fla.sh fire broke out on their stove three units of bethlehem fire dept equipment responded to the call and ex tinguished the blaze before it spread beyond the stove bethlehem pa vol 71 no 6 i . friday oct 9 1959 student traffic court proposed by arcadia lindley to talk on world affairs to 132 graduates >•¦ :' ¦:•¦¦-•''• » v err\est k jbindley head of newswee magazine's washington bureau will address fodder's day graduates on the world e lite in at 2:30 sunday afternoon ¦*$**; & "* lindley will discuss those problems shaping up in the world as well as those which already exist he will draw on experiences from a recent 17 nation asian tour which carried the correspondent irom lebanon to korea and japan undergraduates total over 2600 grad rise noted see duffyi page 3 lehigh university brown and white le-hi-fi ' show tonight at 8:15 le-hi-fi — a combined band-glee club cpncert wiljl be presented to night in the lower floor oljgrace haljl the performance third an nual joint concert will start at 8:15 p.m « > t h i following the performance ' a dance will beheld '$. grace hall tickets for both events are avail able from band and glee club mem bers are on saje at the university center student activity office and wjll be sold at the door