Brown and White Vol. 72 no. 26

              the rev malcolm boyd will lec ture tomorrow night at 8 in the university center osbourne room on what is the meaning of the post-christian christian he will also address a noon faculty luncheon in the osbourne room tomorrow on drama any tring for god on friday he will lecture to the fine arts class at 11:10 in coppee 1 on christianity and contempor ary art at noon he will have an open discussion in the univer sity center osbourne room this luncheon is open to students the topic will be what are the ele ments of a religious movie all students desiring to attend this luncheon and belonging to the din ing plan should turn in their names and card numbers to chaplain see nativity page 4 an hour of song will be present ed by the vassar glee club start ing at 8:15 p.m in the osbourne room saturday feb 11 professor albert van ackere will conduct the 70-girl choir after a dinner with the lehigh glee club the vassar co-eds will stay overnight in bethlehem centennial fund tops $ 4 million an increase of 657,612 in three months has hiked the centennial development fund to more than 4 million the announcement was made recently by trustee e a curtis 26 the fund's goal is 22 million curtis chairman of the university's planning and development com mittee announced in the committee's first progress report last october that the total had reached 3,470,634 the sum has been revised to 4,128,246 included in this increase is a 50,000 grant by e i dupont de nemours and co toward a new chemistry laboratory wing and a metal lurgical and chemical engineering laboratory estimated cost of the new metallurgy and chemical engineering lab oratory is 2,750,000 cost of an addition to the present chemistry build ing has been estimated at 400,000 in making the report last month in new york curtis said it is deeply gratifying to add over 600,000 to the centennial development fund after only three months of effort since the very encouraging first report of almost 3,500,000 this is a very fine beginning in lehigh's dedicated commitment to the maintenance of superior standards of teaching and research he added we are grateful for the generosity of business and in dustry foundations alumni parents and friends who have participated in this fund-program to date the centennial program was inaugurated in 1959 and is scheduled to conclude in 1966 during the celebration of the university's 100 th an niversary goals of the program include construction of a new metallurgical and chemical engineering laboratory a new center for the college of arts and science and a residence for students of the graduate school vol 72 no 26 mining dept will close major will be dropped tuesday feb 7 1961 according to the recommenda tion the number of colleges and universities granting a degree in mining engineering has dropped from 34 to 29 over the past three years in 1960 the 29 institutions graduated just 213 mining engi neers eight of these from lehigh the national average was seven per school currently there are only 950 see mining page 5 continuance of the mining depart ment on the basis that it was not economically or justifiably feasible to maintain the curriculum at the same high level as the other en gineering departments at lehigh to continue the mining curric ulum would mean an attempt to go against the current national ex perience of decline and teach courses without modern and ade quate textbooks . . ." the university will discontinue its department of mines in the near future dr harvey a neville vice-president and provost an nounced earlier today although a specific date for con cluding departmental activities is net named it is expected under graduates presently enrolled in the curriculum will be graduated by 1963 the action was taken by the board of trustees at its february meeting on recommendation of the advisory counfcil of the college of engineering which noted a na tional trend of declining interest in the curriculum by employers and students alike the council — chaired by engi neering dean loyal v bewley — added that the need and request for mining engineering which came in part from the one-time flourishing pennsylvania coal in dustry has decreased sharply in past years the decline in em ployment placement has resulted in a proportionate drop in student interest the report states the advisory council . . . recommended the dis beat rev boyd will lecture in osbourne room compulsory rotc abolished voluntary program substituted trustees approve elective mil option effective next sept the reserve officer training corps program will become an elec tive course for all freshmen and sophomores dr harvey a neville vice-president and provost announced today the voluntary rotc program will become effective september 1961 the beginning of the next academic year approval for a voluntary system of undergraduate military training was decided at the january meeting of the board of trustees in new york city with monroe j rathbone presiding the trustees instituted elective rotc after hearing a comprehen sive study by the university's educational policy committee and after receiving reports issued by the department of defense the faculty which also recommended adoption of the voluntary program were informed of the decision at their meeting yesterday the rotc program here has been under study for the last five years by university officials and faculty ¦ • — > — < they intensified their study last federal policies ling collegi year when reports were issued by ate military training the defense department on new the us - department of defense currently favors a policy of self determination it prefers the edu cational unit decide for itself which program — compulsory or voluntary — suits it better the government has found that compulsory rotc is not needed to meet quality standards nor is it needed to pro duce the number of officers re see editorial page two dr neville emphasized two major reasons for the adoption of optional rotc — compulsory rotc is not as it once was a mat ter vital to the national interest as indicated by the government and now the university can release the time to students for concentration of efforts upon academic values he added that the university ex presses a fervent hope that a suc cessful rotc program will be con tinued at lehigh on a voluntary basis for those undergraduates who wish to exercise the option and improve themselves through of ficer candidate training the vice-president and provost see mil page 9 in addition the campaign seeks increased endowment for faculty salaries and for distinguished-professorships as well as for fellowships and scholarships new athletic fields and an over-all plan of re-design for the present campus the centennial development program will increase lehigh's en dowment from 14,000,000 to 25,000,000 and will increase the total assets of the university from ap proximately 40,000,000 to 60,000 the program will expand the campus to four times its present s?ze five hundred acres of land in saucon valley and on south mountain were acquired to make the expansion possible the development council coor dinates the centennial development program made up of trustees and alumni leaders it directs the so licitation of leadership gifts foun dations business and industry par ents and bequests fund raising will intensify as the centennial year approaches in addition to serving as chair man of the trustees planning and development committee curtis is serving for the fifth consecutive year as chairman of the annual giving fund edward a curtis . . . trustee development chairman — b&w photo by don provost brown and white snow scene — the presi dent's mansion takes on a win try aspect after the season's third major snowstorm